Alcoholic Drinks

Alcoholic drinks was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, especially due to the outlet closures and restrictions placed on horeca outlets around the country for much of the year. In spring, as well as in November and December, ...

COVID-19 had a considerable impact on alcoholic drinks in Egypt in 2020, disrupting many of the trends observable over the review period. Some trends, however, such as premiumisation and the rise of non alcoholic options, such as non alcoholic beer, ...

The strong decline in total volume sales of alcoholic drinks in Germany in 2020 largely reflects the heavy losses seen in the dominant category of beer, with its declining sales in the on-trade channel only partially offset by gains in off-trade ...

2020 was a tough year for alcoholic drinks in Pakistan with the measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19 making it harder to access these products. As part of the government’s lockdown measures hotels were forced to close, with these being ...

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country the government introduced a range of measures including asking on-trade establishments to close as from 19 March until 8 May 2020. This took a heavy toll on on-trade sales of alcoholic drinks which ...

In 2020, the global alcoholic drinks market faced a genuinely unprecedented collapse that proved to be far worse than the depths of the 2008 Great Recession while overshadowing every other major regional, macro or black swan event-driven crisis in ...

COVID-19 had a broadly negative impact on alcoholic drinks in Estonia in 2020, with total volume and current value sales declining. All of the main categories suffered as the resultant economic shock drove consumers to rein in non-essential spending....

On 17 March 2020, as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Cameroon, the Prime Minister ordered the closure of bars and restaurants (for both on-trade and off-trade sales) from 6pm. Whilst some off-trade sales were able to navigate ...

Alcoholic drinks was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with the absence of tourists due to travel restrictions and strict national lockdown measures, including the closure of horeca outlets, leading to a considerable overall decline...

All types of alcoholic drinks witnessed steep double-digit total volume declines in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict measures introduced by the governments to combat infection rates. ...

The Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Administration Reform as well as the Moroccan National Police undertook various operations to strengthen controls at drinking venues at the end of the review period to curb the illegal importation of alcohol ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) was a change maker for the alcoholic drinks market in 2020 and its effects will ripple well into the end of the forecast period. Starting with the impact on on-trade, there were two distinct moments of COVID-19 in Brazil, the ...

Alcoholic drinks faced declines and challenges from the event of COVID-19 in Romania in 2020. The main negative factor was the closure of on-trade channels and a complete lockdown from 15 March to 15 May, with only home-delivery and takeaway ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for alcoholic drinks in Croatia in 2020. The biggest blow to sales was the tight restrictions imposed in the country’s hospitality industry as the government struggled to contain the virus. On-trade outlets...

Total volume and value sales of alcoholic drinks saw decelerated growth in Australia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with strong on-trade sales declines recorded across all categories. Although the country’s alcoholic drinks industry ...

Alcoholic drinks saw volume and value declines overall in Slovenia in 2020, due to myriad impacts from the event of COVID-19. Within this, different categories fared better or worse due to domestic traditions, cost, and even health and wellness ...

The COVID-19 pandemic affected alcoholic drinks in Lithuania in two ways. Due to the lockdowns, sales in cafés, bars, restaurants and other on-trade establishments were hit hard. With the health crisis and home seclusion increasing consumer stress ...

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the US alcoholic drinks industry, shaping how much Americans spend on alcohol as well as where they consume it and which products they choose. Government-enforced lockdowns as well as voluntarily undertaken ...

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lockdowns in Israel in 2020 and consequently on-trade volume sales of alcoholic drinks suffered a steep decline as foodservice outlets were closed for much of the year. However, many consumers shifted to at home ...

The Colombian market witnessed a decline in total alcoholic drinks volumes in 2020 as efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 had a severe negative impact on sales through consumer foodservice channels. Not only did on-trade sales suffer during the ...