Beer Takes a Lick in Post-Labor Day Scans

Dear Client:  Latest Circana scans for the week ending September 8 suggest beer caught the brunt of the post-Labor Day pullback, with the category posting dollar declines of 1.7% and volume declines of 3.7% for the week, both a point worse or more than any other major bev alc category. Indeed, total wine registered just a 0.5% decline in dollars for the week and a 2.7% decline in volume; RTDs, meanwhile were up 1.4% in dollars, but down 2.1% in