Are we Headed for a Slowdown? Latest SIG

Dear Client:For the latest 4 weeks in Symphony IRI data to August 5, craft is "only" up 9.3 in food/drug/convenience case sales (though +14.2 in dollars). Corresponding YTD numbers: +12.2 cases and +16.7 dollars. In the food channel craft was +7.4% in case sales the latest period, +16.4 in c-stores. Four weeks don't often mean much in themselves. Still, we've been used to double-digit growth. So are we headed toward a slowdown? Regardless of these numbers, we're starting to hear