Alcohol-Free Drinks on the Rise in Australian and Global Markets

Alcohol-Free Drinks on the Rise in Australian and Global Markets
Sales of alcohol-free beer, wine, and spirits have more than doubled over the past year at BWS and Dan Murphy’s. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
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Sales of non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer, wine, and spirit beverages have more than doubled over the past year at BWS and Dan Murphy’s, two of Australia’s major alcohol retailers.

The two major retailers reported a sales growth of 103 percent for the 2020 financial year, which peaked during Christmas in 2019 and July 2020. It also saw a rise in March 2020 when the Australia went into lockdowns due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.