Steep Trends in Many of the Top Ten Suppliers

In a beer industry where changes in a brewer's fortune can be slow in coming, there have been some remarkable shifts in the landscape this Summer, even in just the top ten beer suppliers in chain supermarkets. For the four weeks ending August 12, A-B volumes are down 2%, while Miller is up 1.1%, says IRI. That's quite a change from last year. Coors is up 1.2%, keeping its positive trend alive. Grupo Modelo is down 8.1% while Heineken USA