During October, nine-liter control states spirits case sales, stimulated by pyknic sales of Tequila and Cocktails as well as an asthenic comp, grew 3.5% over same period sales last year. Alabama (5.5%), Iowa (9.8%), Michigan (7.1%), Mississippi (11.7%), Montana (4.8%), Utah (4.4%), West Virginia (8.8%), and Wyoming (4.0%) reported monthly growth rates for October that exceeded their twelve month trends. The growth rates for Idaho (2.4%), Montgomery County Maryland (-2.6%), Maine (5.1%), North Carolina (0.7%), New Hampshire (-0.7%), Ohio (2.5%), Oregon (3.4%), Pennsylvania (0.5%), Virginia (1.2%), and Vermont (-0.5%) fell short of matching their twelve month trends. Control state rolling-twelve month volume growth, 3.0%, improved upon September’s reported 2.4%. Spirits volumes have grown 2.8% year-to-date compared to 2.5% a year ago.
Control state spirits shelf dollars were up 5.6% during October while trending at 5.2% during the past twelve months. Alabama (6.4%), Iowa (12.7%), Montgomery County Maryland (2.8%), Maine (9.0%), Michigan (7.5%), Mississippi (13.1%), Montana (6.4%), Ohio (5.8%), Pennsylvania (6.5%), Utah (7.2%), West Virginia (12.0%), and Wyoming (5.3%) reported growth rates exceeding their twelve month trends. Idaho (4.0%), North Carolina (2.1%), New Hampshire (1.9%), Oregon (4.0%), Virginia (1.8%), and Vermont (3.3%) grew shelf dollars at rates below their twelve month trends. Shelf dollars in the control states are up 5.0% year-to-date compared to 4.7% last year.
Price/Mix for October is 2.1%, up slightly over September’s 1.9%.
Tequila, with 6% share of the control states spirits market, was October’s fastest growing category with 15.9% reported and a twelve month trend of 10.1%. Vodka, with 35% share, grew during the same periods at 3.1% and 2.2%, respectively. Cocktails (15.1%), Cordials (1.4%), Gin (1.2%), Rum (1.3%), Tequila (15.9%), and Vodka (3.1%) grew at rates at or above their twelve month trends, whereas Brandy/Cognac (0.3%), Canadian Whiskey (2.6%), Domestic Whiskey (4.0%), Irish Whiskey (13.0%), and Scotch (-0.5%) grew at rates below theirs.
October’s nine-liter wine case sales growth rate was 0.4%. Pennsylvania (reporting 0.5% nine-liter case growth for wines), New Hampshire (-3.4%), Utah (2.0%), Mississippi (11.9%), Montgomery County Maryland (-3.4%), and Wyoming (1.3%) are the control states that are the sole wholesalers of wines and spirits within their geographical boundaries. Rolling-twelve month wine volume growth in these six control states was 2.7%, flat with September’s reported 2.7%.
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|
9L Cases CM % Chg |
Shelf $ CM % Chg |
Price/Mix |
Control States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Control States |
-2.9 |
-0.3 |
2.6% |
|
|
Central Region |
-4.1 |
-0.6 |
3.5% |
IA, MD, MI, OH, PA, WV |
|
NE Region |
0.1 |
2.7 |
2.6% |
ME, NH, VT |
|
NW Region |
-4.4 |
-2.5 |
1.9% |
ID, MT, OR, UT, WY |
|
Southern Region |
-0.8 |
0.7 |
1.5% |
AL, MS, NC, VA |
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