Sunday, June 28, 2009

Recession bites grog sales

"People have said for a long time that beer is recession-proof. Well, that's not the case," said DB Breweries corporate affairs manager Mark Campbell.

"People are trading down. Where they were spending $20 on a pack of premium beer, now they'll spend $12 on a budget beer. So the margin that was there 12 months ago is certainly not there now."

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

They are trading down because it all tastes the same.

I bet it isn't happening with craft beer. How do you trade down from and Epic Pale Ale or an Emersons Old 95?

10:40 am, June 28, 2009  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Grog is probably a good descriptor for the likes of DB or Lion and the swill they make.

Wikipedia - "The word originally referred to a drink made with water or "small beer" (a weak beer)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog

2:01 pm, June 28, 2009  
Blogger Neil said...

This story was, of course, illustrated with a picture of bottles of beer even though all alcohol sales are down.

7:20 am, June 29, 2009  

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