On-trade drinks sales have fallen year on year for three weeks as consumers sweltered in uncomfortably high temperatures, NIQ’s latest Daily Drinks Tracker shows. Average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday, 1st August, dropped by 2.1% from the same week in 2025, and by 0.9% in the next seven days to 8th August. It follows a 1.6% dip over the last full week in … Continue reading Extreme heat proves a problem for the on-trade