Beer sales slump by almost 10%
Beer sales have slumped by almost 10% in the past few months, including a 15% fall in supermarkets, new figures reveal.
Information Resources, a Chicago company that tracks the sale of beer and other grocery products, said craft beer sales rose 16.7 percent from $493 million in 2006 to $575 million in 2007, marking the second straight year of double-digit increases.