Beer sales were ahead by 1.5% and 5.6% respectively in the two weeks to 10 and 17 October, with cider also up 1.6% and 7.6%. The figures, revealed in The Daily Drinks Tracker, powered by CGA intelligence, said the numbers continue a pattern of “broadly flat drinks sales” since a burst of growth during the football World Cup. The tracker is also in line with the separate NIQ RSM Hospitality Business