Dining places and bars charge a markup on alcoholic drinks, but people have been spending more on them there than in shops. However, it has every little thing to do with higher costs, rather than consumption.
Marking up prices
"What America Spends On" is a series done by NPR that showed more Americans are spending increased amounts on alcohol in bars and restaurants. This viewed the last thirty years comparing 1982 to today.
Americans had a ton of things taken away during the Cold War in 1982. At that time, customers only spent 24 percent of the alcohol budget in dining places and bars. About 76 percent of it went to alcohol from shops.
The price of restaurant and bar alcohol has increased 79 percent during that time while store prices have dropped 39 percent. This is essential because it shows why there was a shift in people spending more in restaurants and bars now. Currently, only 60 percent is spent in shops with 40 percent spent in bars and dining places.
What do you spend on?
The biggest change was what the country indulges in. In 1982, 48.9 percent of spending was on beer, followed by spirits at 34.6 percent and wine at 16.2 percent. However, spirits have fallen to 12.6 percent of spending and wine has ballooned to 39.7 percent of spending on libations for 2012.
The San Francisco Chronicle explained that there were 329.7 million cases of wine shipped in 2011, which was a milestone in the States. In fact, it was the first time that the country beat France's 320.6 million cases. America is certainly more successful in wine than other things right now.
In the United States, Millennials are really drinking more than the previous generation and have more expensive tastes. That is why the American wine industry saw large increases in 2010 to become a $30 billion industry. Of the 241.8 million cases sent out from vineyards that year, 61 percent came from California, making it the best state for wine.
Always choosing beer
Beer accounted for 47.7 percent of sales in 2012, which was hardly any change from 2012, according to NPR. It is still the drink everyone wants in the nation. Overall, Americans are consuming less though, which is why overall beer production decreased from 1990's 204 million gallons to 2011's 192 million gallons, according to BusinessInsider.
From 2010 to 2011, there was an 11 percent increase in craft breweries. These breweries are becoming much more popular than regular beer corporations right now. In fact, in 2011, there were almost 11.5 million barrels produced making $8.7 billion in revenue. That is a 5.7 percent share of the market. In 2011, there were 1,989 craft breweries with 250 brand new breweries opening and 37 closing soon.
Marking up prices
"What America Spends On" is a series done by NPR that showed more Americans are spending increased amounts on alcohol in bars and restaurants. This viewed the last thirty years comparing 1982 to today.
Americans had a ton of things taken away during the Cold War in 1982. At that time, customers only spent 24 percent of the alcohol budget in dining places and bars. About 76 percent of it went to alcohol from shops.
The price of restaurant and bar alcohol has increased 79 percent during that time while store prices have dropped 39 percent. This is essential because it shows why there was a shift in people spending more in restaurants and bars now. Currently, only 60 percent is spent in shops with 40 percent spent in bars and dining places.
What do you spend on?
The biggest change was what the country indulges in. In 1982, 48.9 percent of spending was on beer, followed by spirits at 34.6 percent and wine at 16.2 percent. However, spirits have fallen to 12.6 percent of spending and wine has ballooned to 39.7 percent of spending on libations for 2012.
The San Francisco Chronicle explained that there were 329.7 million cases of wine shipped in 2011, which was a milestone in the States. In fact, it was the first time that the country beat France's 320.6 million cases. America is certainly more successful in wine than other things right now.
In the United States, Millennials are really drinking more than the previous generation and have more expensive tastes. That is why the American wine industry saw large increases in 2010 to become a $30 billion industry. Of the 241.8 million cases sent out from vineyards that year, 61 percent came from California, making it the best state for wine.
Always choosing beer
Beer accounted for 47.7 percent of sales in 2012, which was hardly any change from 2012, according to NPR. It is still the drink everyone wants in the nation. Overall, Americans are consuming less though, which is why overall beer production decreased from 1990's 204 million gallons to 2011's 192 million gallons, according to BusinessInsider.
From 2010 to 2011, there was an 11 percent increase in craft breweries. These breweries are becoming much more popular than regular beer corporations right now. In fact, in 2011, there were almost 11.5 million barrels produced making $8.7 billion in revenue. That is a 5.7 percent share of the market. In 2011, there were 1,989 craft breweries with 250 brand new breweries opening and 37 closing soon.