Consumers would be hard-pressed to find the alcoholic version of Solo in stores, but critics say there’s a bitter side to the sugary alcoholic drink.
However, the pushback has further fuelled Hard Solo’s popularity, with the new alcohol drink on the block selling out in Dan Murphy’s, BWS and Liquorland across the country.
As a nation, we’ve had the same conversations and the same concerns before. Drinks like Hard Solo – known as alcopops or pre-mixed drinks – have been around for decades. The number of RTD brands have spiked since the beginning of 2021, according to data from retail analytics platform ShopGrok, driven partly by the hard seltzer wave that flourished in the US at the beginning of the pandemic and subsequently swelled Down Under.
Retailers are well aware of the rapid growth in this beverage category, and are responding swiftly. The boss of Australia’s largest drinks retailer, Endeavour Group, said RTDs were leading beverages sales growth at 8 per cent. “This all points to the need for governments to step in and introduce common-sense measures that meet community expectations.”
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Solo’d out: Why this Hard drink’s instant popularity is tough for some to swallowConsumers would be hard-pressed to find the alcoholic version of Solo in stores, but critics say there’s a bitter side to the sugary alcoholic drink.
Read more »
Solo’d out: Why this Hard drink’s instant popularity is tough for some to swallowConsumers would be hard-pressed to find the alcoholic version of Solo in stores, but critics say there’s a bitter side to the sugary alcoholic drink.
Read more »
Why have petrol prices jumped to new highs and why do they vary between retailers?Retail petrol prices are the highest they've been since 22 July, and they're not expected to drop straight away.
Read more »
Carbon ‘tariff’ must avoid hurting consumers, warns steel groupSteel importers are urging Labor to avoid turning the planned green tax on imports into economically destructive protectionism.
Read more »
Organic vegetable consumers dig into cooperative alternative in SA's RiverlandRiverland consumers have another option to access fresh vegetables as a cooperative from the Adelaide Hill expands into new terrain.
Read more »
Consumers urged to see fashion as ‘investment’ to help environmentConsumers are being urged to view fashion as an investment and not something to be thrown away into the environment, says The Volte Creative Director and AFC Member Kellie Hush. “It has to stop,” Ms Hush told Sky News Australia. “We can’t just keep overproducing, overspending and then tossing it out – it’s a really destructive mentality.”
Read more »