NRA Projects Records Sales in 2016

NRA projects record sales in 2016   Trade group expects sales to grow 5 percent to $782.7 billion in 2016   Source: NRN Jonathan Maze Feb 17, 2016   The National Restaurant Association is projecting record foodservice sales in 2016 as consumers eat out more often -their finances improved by years of saving, an improving […]

The ‘Mad Men’ era of drinking is upon us

The ‘Mad Men’ era of drinking is upon us   Source: Washington Post By Christopher Ingraham February 17   If it seems like everyone at the bar these days is trading in beer for bourbon, it’s not just in your imagination.   In 2015, hard liquor continued its decade-long onslaught against the supremacy of beer, […]

Which country drinks the most amount of alcohol per capita?

Which country drinks the most amount of alcohol per capita?   Source: News.com.au February 17, 2016   IT HAS about 1.6 million alcoholics and its citizens drink an average of 14 shots of hard liquor a week.   That’s one heck of a hangover.   But if you think it’s the vodka-happy Russians or beer […]

Russia cracks down on vodka kingpins in tax scam

Russia cracks down on vodka kingpins in tax scam   Source: RT.com 17 Feb, 2016   Armed FSB and Federal Tax Service officers have raided Russia’s largest vodka bottler and several Caucasian liquor producers in a massive tax evasion case, business daily Vedomosti reports.   A hundred law enforcement agents including a special tactics group […]