Adults of the appropriate age occasionally enjoy alcoholic beverages, which are a multi-billion dollar company. However, spending is often more evident in dining places, where people have been gradually charged more for libations.
Costs slowly growing
When looking at changes in the 30-year period from 1982 to today, NPR found that Americans are starting to spend more on alcohol in bars and dining places, according to the "What America Spends On" series.
Americans had a lot of things taken away during the Cold War in 1982. At that time, consumers only spent 24 percent of the alcohol spending budget in restaurants and bars. About 76 percent of it went to alcohol from stores.
The price of diner and bar alcohol has increased 79 percent during that time while store prices have dropped 39 percent. This is very important because it shows why there was a shift in people spending more in dining places and bars now. Currently, only 60 percent is spent in shops with 40 percent spent in bars and restaurants.
More wine spending
Part of this change that the country faced involved the truth that the country has seen changes in spending. For instance, in 2010, 16.2 percent of alcohol is spent on spirits while 39.7 percent was spent on wine. In 1982, only 16.2 percent was spent on wine, 34.6 percent was spent on spirits and 48.9 percent was on beer. Tastes have gotten much more costly.
The wine industry in America is in the midst of a gilded age. In 2011, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, there were 329.7 million cases of wine shipped around the country, which marked a milestone as the United States, for the first time, eclipsed France as the chief wine-drinking country, as that country went through 320.6 million cases.
In the U.S., Millennials are actually 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 very best state for wine.
Fit for a king
Beer accounted for 47.7 percent of sales in 2012, which was almost no change from 2012, according to NPR. It is still the drink every person wants in the country. 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.
Craft breweries are starting to become much more well-liked as well. In fact, there were 1,989 craft breweries in 2011 with 37 closing and 250 brand new ones opening. Almost 5.7 percent of the industry share and $8.7 billion in revenue was given to the craft breweries. They produced about 11.5 million barrels of beer. There was an 11 percent growth in craft breweries from 2010 to 2011 also.
Costs slowly growing
When looking at changes in the 30-year period from 1982 to today, NPR found that Americans are starting to spend more on alcohol in bars and dining places, according to the "What America Spends On" series.
Americans had a lot of things taken away during the Cold War in 1982. At that time, consumers only spent 24 percent of the alcohol spending budget in restaurants and bars. About 76 percent of it went to alcohol from stores.
The price of diner and bar alcohol has increased 79 percent during that time while store prices have dropped 39 percent. This is very important because it shows why there was a shift in people spending more in dining places and bars now. Currently, only 60 percent is spent in shops with 40 percent spent in bars and restaurants.
More wine spending
Part of this change that the country faced involved the truth that the country has seen changes in spending. For instance, in 2010, 16.2 percent of alcohol is spent on spirits while 39.7 percent was spent on wine. In 1982, only 16.2 percent was spent on wine, 34.6 percent was spent on spirits and 48.9 percent was on beer. Tastes have gotten much more costly.
The wine industry in America is in the midst of a gilded age. In 2011, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, there were 329.7 million cases of wine shipped around the country, which marked a milestone as the United States, for the first time, eclipsed France as the chief wine-drinking country, as that country went through 320.6 million cases.
In the U.S., Millennials are actually 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 very best state for wine.
Fit for a king
Beer accounted for 47.7 percent of sales in 2012, which was almost no change from 2012, according to NPR. It is still the drink every person wants in the country. 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.
Craft breweries are starting to become much more well-liked as well. In fact, there were 1,989 craft breweries in 2011 with 37 closing and 250 brand new ones opening. Almost 5.7 percent of the industry share and $8.7 billion in revenue was given to the craft breweries. They produced about 11.5 million barrels of beer. There was an 11 percent growth in craft breweries from 2010 to 2011 also.
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