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Americans Are Buying More Alcohol to Drink at Home

U.S. sales of wine, beer and alcohol-related products have soared amid pandemic.

Americans Are Buying More Alcohol to Drink at Home
A customer shops for alcoholic beverages at a store in San Francisco, California. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
Americans Are Buying More Alcohol to Drink at Home

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer spending may be sputtering to a halt amid coronavirus lockdowns, but some areas are showing strength. With restaurants and bars closed, Americans have taken to imbibing at home. That’s helped sales of beer, wine, spirits and related products at discount and grocery stores.

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