date:Sep 06, 2018
ts, NACS reports. Convenience stores sell nearly a quarter of all packaged beverages sold in the United States, notes Jeff Lenard, NACS vice president of strategic industry initiatives. Within this category, enhanced water sales jumped 9.1 percent, ready-to-drink tea sales increased 3.5 percent, alternative beverage sales expanded 3.5 percent, and bottled water sales grew 0.6 percent in 2017, he says.
Gary Hemphill, managing director of research at New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation