Plus: IRI Sees Return To Parity Between At-Home And Away-From Home Food Sales. Late in the first quarter of this year, US soft drink retail sales begin to cycle the impact of pandemic-related pantry loading last year. To get a baseline understanding of the extent to which elevated retail sales are sticking now that pandemic lockdowns are easing, BD compared data from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2019 (instead of 2020).

Walmart, Costco Decline as Target, Kroger Outperform YTD 2021. Pandemic-related uncertainty this year has weighed on beverage stocks tracked by BD through the close of trading on April 27. Most, including...

Higher pricing has helped beverage makers offset volume declines against unusually high comparisons generated by last year’s pandemic-driven consumer stock up. US all- channel retail data...

RTD Shelf-Stable Tea Segment Scores Turnaround After Challenging 2019. 

Pandemic lockdowns fueled a rebound in shelf-stable, ready-to-drink teas in the US last year. As shown in the table, the category grew...