Consumers bustle for cheap booze and cigarettes amid soaring inflation

By Ryan King

Published July 25, 2022 5:51pm ET

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Consumers bustle for cheap booze and cigarettes amid soaring inflation — Shoppers are buying up cheap beer and cigarettes as unbridled inflation continues to eat away at consumer wallets. Sales for cheaper beer brands, such as Icehouse, Milwaukee’s Best Ice, and Busch Light, have jumped up 5.4% during the four weeks that ended on July 2 in comparison to the previous years, and a similar phenomenon […]

Shoppers are buying up cheap beer and cigarettes as unbridled inflation continues to eat away at consumer wallets.

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