Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
-
- Definition
- Abbreviations
Executive Summary
-
- Growing expenditure on alcohol
- Beer is largest sector, but wine is taking share
- On-trade more important to value than volume sales
- Continued changes to structure of on-trade from the 1990 Beer Orders
- Nine in ten British adults drink alcohol
- More people drink in home than out of home
- Continental model to encourage more out-of-home drinking?
Market Drivers
-
- Changing drinking culture in the UK
- Age demographics
-
- Figure 1: Alcoholic drinks consumption, by age, by country, 2002
- Figure 2: Trends and projections in UK adult population aged 15+, by age group, 1998-2007
- Affluence
-
- Figure 3: Alcoholic drink consumption, by yearly income group, by country, 2002
- Figure 4: Trends in personal disposable income and consumer expenditure, at constant 1998 prices, 1998-2007
- Attitudes towards bars and pubs
- Bar visiting
-
- Figure 5: Visiting bars & pubs in the evenings, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- A night out at the pub
-
- Figure 6: Enjoyment of visiting pubs, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- Pub visiting
-
- Figure 7: Profile of pub visitors, by drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- Eating out
-
- Figure 8: Eating in restaurants, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- In-home drinking
-
- Figure 9: Enjoyment of entertaining people at home, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- Figure 10: drinking mostly at home, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- Figure 11: Preference for staying home to going out, by country, 2002
- Fashion, competition and innovation
-
- Figure 12: Repertoire drinking, by country, 2002
- Figure 13: Attitudes towards drinks innovation, drinkers and non-drinkers, by country, 2002
- Recommended safe drinking levels and drink drive restrictions
-
- Figure 14: Drink-drive alcohol limits, by country, 2003
- Figure 15: “The point of drinking is to get drunk", drinkers, by country, 2002
Market Size and Trends
-
- Trends in alcohol consumption
- Weekly consumption
- Men vs women
- Socio-economic status and drinking
- Regional differences
- Trends in retail sales of alcoholic beverages
-
- Figure 16: UK retail sales of all alcoholic beverages, on- and off-trade, at current prices, 1998-2003
- Figure 17: UK retail sales of all alcoholic beverages on- and off-trade, at constant 1998 prices, 1998-2003
- Sales of alcoholic beverages by type
-
- Figure 18: UK retail value sales of all alcoholic beverages on- and off-trade, by major products category, 1998-2003
- Figure 19: UK retail volume sales of all alcoholic beverages, on- and off-trade, by major product category, 1998-2003
- Figure 20: Estimated percentage split of on- vs. off-trade value and volume sales of alcoholic drinks, by category, 2003
Distribution
-
- On-trade
- Off-trade
-
- Figure 21: UK licensed premises, 2001 and 2003
- Figure 22: Off-trade outlets, 2001 and 2003
-
- Figure 23: Distribution of all alcoholic beverages in the UK, by volume, 1998-2003
The Consumer
-
- Patterns of consumption
- Men lead in consumption of beer and lager
-
- Figure 24: Consumption of beer and lager, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Bottled lager has younger consumer base than bottled beer
-
- Figure 25: Consumption of beer, lager and cider, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Women take the lead in consumption of wine, sherry and vermouth
-
- Figure 26: Consumption of wine, fortified wine and vermouth, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Whisky consumers more likely to be men and in older age groups
-
- Figure 27: Consumption of whisky, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Vodka is favourite spirit in GB by far
-
- Figure 28: Consumption of spirits, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Women also prefer liqueurs and FABs
-
- Figure 29: Consumption of spirits and liqueurs, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- European comparison of in- vs out-of-home drinking
-
- Figure 30: Consumption of alcoholic drinks, in- vs out-of-home, by country, 2002
- Figure 31: Frequency alcohol is consumed in-home, by country, 2002
- Figure 32: Frequency alcohol is consumed elsewhere, by country, 2002
- In- vs out-of-home drinking in GB
-
- Figure 33: Consumption of alcohol, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- More adults drink in home than out of home
- 15-24s only age group more likely to drink out of home than in home
- Frequency of consumption in and out of home
-
- Figure 34: Frequency of alcohol consumption in-home, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 35: Frequency of alcohol consumption elsewhere, by demographic sub-group, 2002
-
- Figure 36: Attitudes towards drinking and socialising, by frequency of consumption, 2002
- Drinks most likely consumed in or out of home
-
- Figure 37: Influence of in- or out-of-home drinking on type of alcohol consumed, 2002
- In- vs out-of-home drinking, by type of drink
-
- Figure 38: Consumption of alcohol, by type, in and out of home, 2002
- Canned lager
-
- Figure 39: In- vs out-of-home consumption of canned lager, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 40: In- vs out-of-home consumption of canned lager, by weight of usage, 2002
- Canned ale and stout
-
- Figure 41: In- vs out-of-home consumption of canned ale & stout, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 42: In- vs out-of-home consumption of canned beer & stout, by weight of usage, 2002
- Bottled lager
-
- Figure 43: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled lager, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 44: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled lager, by weight of usage, 2002
- Bottled beer and stout
-
- Figure 45: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled beer & stout, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 46: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled beer & stout, by weight of usage, 2002
- Low alcohol beer or lager
-
- Figure 47: In- vs out-of-home consumption of low alcohol beer/lager, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 48: In- vs out-of-home consumption of low alcohol beer/lager, by weight of usage, 2002
- Cider
-
- Figure 49: In- vs out-of-home consumption of cider, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 50: In- vs out-of-home consumption of cider, by weight of usage, 2002
- Bottled table wine
-
- Figure 51: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled table wine, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 52: In- vs out-of-home consumption of bottled table wine, by weight of usage, 2002
- Sherry or sherry-type wines
-
- Figure 53: In- vs out-of-home consumption of sherry/sherry-type wines, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 54: In- vs out-of-home consumption of sherry/sherry-type wines, by weight of usage, 2002
- Port
-
- Figure 55: In- vs out-of-home consumption of port, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 56: In- vs out-of-home consumption of port, by weight of usage, 2002
- Vermouth
-
- Figure 57: In- vs out-of-home consumption of vermouth, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 58: In- vs out-of-home consumption of vermouth, by weight of usage, 2002
- Scotch whisky
-
- Figure 59: In- vs out-of-home consumption of Scotch whisky, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 60: In- vs out-of-home consumption of Scotch whisky, by weight of usage, 2002
- Malt whisky
-
- Figure 61: In- vs out-of-home consumption of malt whisky, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 62: In- vs out-of-home consumption of malt whisky, by weight of usage, 2002
- Non-Scotch whisky
-
- Figure 63: In- vs out-of-home consumption of non-Scotch whisky, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 64: In- vs out-of-home consumption of non-Scotch whisky, by weight of usage, 2002
- Brandy
-
- Figure 65: In- vs out-of-home consumption of brandy, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 66: In- vs out-of-home consumption of brandy, by weight of usage, 2002
- Gin
-
- Figure 67: In- vs out-of-home consumption of gin, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 68: In- vs out-of-home consumption of gin, by weight of usage, 2002
- Vodka
-
- Figure 69: In- vs out-of-home consumption of vodka, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 70: In- vs out-of-home consumption of vodka, by weight of usage, 2002
- Dark and golden rum
-
- Figure 71: In- vs out-of-home consumption of dark & golden rum, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 72: In- vs out-of-home consumption of dark & golden rum, by weight of usage, 2002
- White rum
-
- Figure 73: In- vs out-of-home consumption of white rum, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 74: In- vs out-of-home consumption of white rum, by weight of usage, 2002
- Liqueurs
-
- Figure 75: In- vs out-of-home consumption of liqueurs, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 76: In- vs out-of-home consumption of liqueurs, by weight of usage, 2002
- Other spirits
-
- Figure 77: In- vs out-of-home consumption of other spirits, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 78: In- vs out-of-home consumption of other spirits, by weight of usage, 2002
- Pre-mixed spirits
-
- Figure 79: In- vs out-of-home consumption of pre-mixed spirits, by demographic sub-group, 2002
- Figure 80: In- vs out-of-home consumption of pre-mixed spirits, by weight of usage, 2002
The Consumer – In vs Out and Repertoire Drinking
-
-
- Figure 81: Alcoholic drinks consumed at home and out of the home, 2001 and 2003
- Most popular drinks
-
- Figure 82: Top ten most popular drinks for both in home and out-of-home drinking, 2003
- Canned and bottled lager
-
- Figure 83: Consumption of canned or bottled lager, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 84: Consumption of canned or bottled lager, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
- Figure 85: Consumption of canned or bottled lager, in vs out-of-home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
-
- Figure 86: Consumption of canned or bottled lager, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 87: Consumption of canned or bottled lager, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Canned or bottled bitter/ale
-
- Figure 88: Consumption of canned or bottled bitter/ale, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 89: Consumption of canned or bottled bitter/ale, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
-
- Figure 90: Consumption of canned or bottled bitter/ale, in vs out-of-home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
- Figure 91: Consumption of canned or bottled bitter/ale, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 92: Consumption of canned or bottled bitter/ale, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Premium packaged spirits
-
- Figure 93: Consumption of premium packaged spirits, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 94: Consumption of premium packaged spirits, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
- Figure 95: Consumption of premium packaged spirits, in vs out-of-home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
-
- Figure 96: Consumption of premium packaged spirits, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 97: Consumption of premium packaged spirits, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Wine
-
- Figure 98: Consumption of wine, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 99: Consumption of wine, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
- Figure 100: Consumption of wine, in vs out-of-home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
-
- Figure 101: Consumption of wine, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 102: Consumption of wine, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- White spirits
-
- Figure 103: Consumption of white spirits, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 104: Consumption of white spirits, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
- Figure 105: Consumption of white spirits, in vs out-of-home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
- Figure 106: Consumption of white spirits, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
-
- Figure 107: Consumption of white spirits, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Whisk(e)y
-
- Figure 108: Consumption of whisk(e)y, in vs out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 109: Consumption of whisk(e)y, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
- Figure 110: Consumption of whisk(e)y, in vs out-of-home, by lifestage, marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
- Figure 111: Consumption of whisk(e)y, in vs out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 112: Consumption of whisk(e)y, in vs out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Champagne and sparkling wine – for in-home consumption
-
- Figure 113: Consumption of champagne and other sparkling wine, in home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 114: Consumption of champagne and other sparkling wine, in home, by lifestage, presence of children and Mintel’s Special Groups, August 2003
-
- Figure 115: Consumption of champagne and other sparkling wine, in home, by marital status, working status, household size and tenure, August 2003
- Figure 116: Consumption of champagne and other sparkling wine, in home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 117: Consumption of champagne and other sparkling wine, in home, by media usage, August 2003
- Draught beer – out-of-home only
-
- Figure 118: Consumption of draught beer, out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
-
- Figure 119: Consumption of draught beer, out-of-home, by gender, age and socio-economic status, August 2003
- Figure 120: Consumption of draught beer, out-of-home, by marital status, work status, household size and tenure, August 2003
- Figure 121: Consumption of draught beer, out-of-home, by region and ACORN categories, August 2003
- Figure 122: Consumption of draught beer, out-of-home, by media usage, August 2003
- Men vs women
-
- Figure 123: Top five most popular off- and on-trade drinks among men and women, July/August 2003
- Number of drink types at home
-
- Figure 124: Number of drink types consumed by respondents at home in the past three months, July/August 2003
- Figure 125: Number of drink types consumed by respondents out-of-home in the past three months, July/August 2003
-
- Figure 126: Demographic breakdown of consumers by number of drink types consumed in-home, in the last three months, July/August 2003
- Number of drink types out of home
-
- Figure 127: Demographic breakdown of consumers by number of drink types consumed out-of-home, in the last three months, July/August 2003
- In- vs out-of-home drinking typologies
-
- Figure 128: Average number of drinks consumed in and out of the home by Bar Leaners, July/August 2003
- Figure 129: Average number of drinks consumed in and out of the home by Home Drinkers, July/August 2003
-
- Figure 130: Average number of drinks consumed in and out of the home by Any Drink Anywhere Drinkers, July/August 2003
- Figure 131: Average number of drinks consumed in and out of the home by Loyals, July/August 2003
- Drinking typologies by demographics
-
- Figure 132: Drinking typologies, by demographic sub-group, July/August 2003
- Bar Leaners
- Home Drinkers
- Any Drink Anywhere Drinkers
- Loyals
-
The Future
-
- Buoyant economic outlook
- Ageing population will have little impact on consumption
- Off-trade to continue expanding
- Transformation of the on-trade
Forecast
-
- Shift to the home to continue
-
- Figure 133: Forecast of UK retail sales of all alcoholic beverages, on- and off-trade, at current prices, 2003-07
- Slightly higher growth rates in both sectors
-
- Figure 134: Forecast of UK retail sales of all alcoholic beverages, on- and off-trade, at 2003 prices, 2003-07
- Real growth steady
- Better economic prospects will particularly help the on-trade
- Factors used in forecast
Back to top