Beer Industry Has A Few Hot Spots

For the four weeks ending October 24, beer volumes are down -1.8% in IRI supermarket scans. All of our major domestic brewers are down, with A-B down -4.1%, Miller down -1.5%, Coors down -0.5%, and Pabst down -1.8%. When you look at the trailing 52 week scans, it's even worse, with all the major brewers down mid-single digits. And while imports have performed better, they still are not posting the stellar numbers of yore.But there are some high spots. Miller