E-Malt.com News article: USA: NSLC registered declining beer sales

The main problem of the decreasing beer sales seems to be teh poor wheater, Metro News reported on September, 5.

Regarding the poor weather, NSLC cited a 30 per cent increase in precipitation as being a driving factor behind its first quarter results. Sales for the quarter run from April 1 to June 30.

Other factors behind the reduced sales included the timing of Easter sales, which were accounted for in the previous fiscal year.

Amongst the drink categories, sales of beer, spirits and ready-to-drink all fell. Beer in fact was down 5.8 per cent in sales volume and 3.8 per cent in sales revenue.

There seems to be a correlation between the weather and spirits/ready-to-drink categories.


06 September, 2013