C-Store Update

Convenience store sales are still carrying the water for the rest of the off-premise beer industry, with YTD beer volumes up 1.4%, according to scanner data from ACNielsen exec Nick Lake. With high gas prices, how can this be?Try on this theory for size: c-stores are less vulnerable to the Big Box threat that Wal-Mart, Costco, and BJs are to supermarkets.For the four weeks through August 12, dollar sales for beer are up 4.7% and cases are up 3%. A-B