Industry Flat But Some Sunbelt States Rebounding

April 29, 2011Industry FlatBut Some Sunbelt States ReboundingDear Client:State-by-state shipment report from Lester Jones at the Beer Institute through March show the industry dead flat. But interestingly, 40 out of the 50 states are still showing YTD declines. That means that only ten states are pulling the load, and of those ten, really four are. Those would be Texas up 5.5%, California up 2.8%, Florida up 2.7%, and New York up 2.7% . That's quite a turnaround from last year,