date:Dec 19, 2012
erage price of beer in C-stores has remained steady for the past four weeks compared to a 52-week sample, C-store beer sales growth fell to 3.6 percent in the past four weeks, down 1.6 percent from its 5.2 percent average over the same 52 weeks.
Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), energy drinks and salty snacks also showed growth deceleration in sales and equivalent volume when comparing the past four weeks to the past 52 weeks.
As its average pricing remains close to constant, the CSD category con