During the Pre-COVID period, which ended February 2020, the on-premise marketplace in the control states averaged 18.0% share of the 9-liter case spirits market.
During October nine-liter control states spirits case sales grew -0.9% over same period sales last year, a depressed growth rate that was influenced by an imposing comp(13.9%) and calendar anomalies.
September’s 3-year CAGR of rolling-twelve-month 9-liter case volumes, 5.5%, is the second highest recorded 3-year growth period in the control states during the 21st century.
During August nine-liter control states spirits case sales grew 2.2%, a perfunctory growth rate unaffected by an innocuous comp(1.8%), over same period sales last year.
During the period March 2020 through July 2021, the control states’ on- and off-premise markets behaved capriciously as opposed to their historically more consistent and periodic behavior.
During July nine-liter control states spirits case sales fell 2.3%, a depressed growth rate effected by a double whammy delivered by an imposing (16.0%) comp and calendar effects, over same period sales last year.
During the period March 2020 through May 2021, the control states’ on- and off-premise markets behaved capriciously as opposed to their historically consistent behavior.
April’s 17.5% nine-liter spirits growth rate is the second highest growth rate reported for the control states, surpassed only by September 2020’s reported 17.9%.
During 2020 nine-liter case Spirits sales in the control states grew at 7.5%, up from 2019’s 3.8% and 2018’s 2.8%.
ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 24, 2019)—A. D. "Zander" Guy, Jr., Chairman, North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (NC ABC Commission), was voted chair-elect to the NABCA Board of Directors.