Off-Premise Beer Sees Big Price Jump in May 

Dear Client: You didn’t ask for another macro-pressures article. But here we are. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers jumped 0.5% in May (seasonally adjusted), after rising 0.6% in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 4.2%. Not surprisingly, the energy index accounted for over 60% of the monthly all items increase, the Bureau said. Energy rose 3.9% in May, vs. +3.8% in April and a