Top Brands 2019
The ongoing gin boom is just one of the big changes in this year’s list .
An occasion that remains fresh
Freshers’ week, or month, is still a massive opportunity for the trade, say firms
A focus on the fundamentals
It was the late comedian Henny Youngman who once boasted about how his grandmother didn’t need glasses, even after her eightieth birthday, as she drank straight from the bottle.
Strong sales for Scotch
Fans of peated malts will be pleased to see the success of Laphroaig in this year’s Top Brands feature.
Sales dip for RTDs
RTDs (ready to drinks) may have seen a sales dip of 18% in the past year, according to CGA’s data, but the category is still worth £22.1 million in the Scottish on-trade.
Liquids of strength
Their role in bars is as varied as the category itself, and that has no doubt helped maintain sales of liqueurs and speciality spirits.
Zero risk with low and no
While total value sales of £3.37 million may not suggest a behemoth for bars, sales of low and no-alcohol beers have in fact ballooned by 27% in the past 12 months.
Fine year for Champagne
It has certainly been a vintage year for the on-trade’s second largest category as wine recovered from a decline last year with an increase in sales of over £10 million.
US does it again
Whiskey from overseas remains a lucrative business in the land of Scotch with a value of £43.8 million in the nation’s bars, according to this year’s CGA data.
Sun rises on spirit
The drink of the blue agave’s growing popularity in the on-trade is evidenced in this year’s CGA listings with sales of tequila soaring by over 35% to £17.6 million.
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Niall Hassard
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
Luke Richardson
