Coors Rocks Q2

In a quarter which wasn't spectacular for A-B or Miller, Coors managed to put up some impressive volume gains in the second quarter. Their US business, for volume shipments, was up 3.1%. Okay, that's pretty decent. But as you know, we don't put much cotton into shipments. Sales-to-retailers, or STRs, is where it's at. Coors posted Q2 STRS up 2% in the 50 states (not including rough-and-tumble Puerto Rico). That means Coors likely gained share in the quarter. The volume