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Hospitality sector warns high alcohol excise rate will affect recovery
Marketing
| Industry warns high excise rates will impact on ability of sector to recover and attract tourists back to Ireland
August hospitality spend jumps
On-trade
| Pub spend up 32% compared to July
Alcohol consumption down 11% in the first half of 2021
Marketing
| Alcohol consumption at lowest level in 30 years
Jameson sales up 14%
Jameson sold 8.6 million cases globally last year, up 14% in 2020/2021 from the previous year’s 7.6 million figure.
Restaurant card spend jumps 30%
Card spend in restaurants was up by 30% in July this year compared to July 2020 according to Central Bank figures.
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