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Follow on Google News | NABCA Releases Control States Nine-Liter Spirits Sales Results for FebruaryControl State results for nine-liter beverage sales for February 2018
By: NABCA Control state spirits shelf dollars grew 4.1% during February while trending at 5.1% during the past twelve months. Alabama (7.4%), Idaho (5.9%), Montgomery County MD (3.8%), Maine (11.0%), Mississippi (8.7%), Montana (6.7%), Ohio (7.7%), Oregon (5.7%), West Virginia (7.0%), and Wyoming (9.4%) reported growth rates exceeding their twelve-month trends. Iowa (-1.0%), Michigan (2.8%), New Hampshire (-10.6%), North Carolina (4.5%), Pennsylvania (3.2%), Utah (4.5%), Virginia (4.1%), and Vermont (1.3%) grew shelf dollars at rates below their twelve-month trends. Control state rolling twelve-month shelf dollar growth, 5.1%, is up from January's 4.9%. Shelf dollars in the control states grew 4.3% year-to-date compared to 2.3% last year. Price/Mix for February is 2.4%, up slightly from January's reported 2.3%. Irish Whiskey, with 1% share of the nine-liter case control states spirits market, grew its February volumes fastest among all categories with reported growth of 19.1% and a twelve-month trend of 14.7%. Vodka, with 35% share, grew during the same periods at 1.5% and 2.2%, respectively. Cordials (0.9%), Irish Whiskey (19.1%), and Rum (0.4%) grew at rates exceeding their twelve month trends while Brandy/Cognac(- February's nine-liter wine case sales growth rate was –1.3%. Pennsylvania (reporting -1.4% nine-liter case growth for wines), New Hampshire (-4.1%), Utah (-1.3%), Mississippi (4.7%), Montgomery County Maryland (-1.9%), and Wyoming (1.2%) are the control states that are the sole wholesalers and retailers of wines and spirits within their geographical boundaries. Rolling twelve-month wine volume growth in these six control states was 1.4%, slipping from January's reported 1.6%. End
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