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An extra $15 million in alcohol sales flowing into Victorian homes each week
A new report by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) shows that alcohol retail sales in Victoria remain significantly above pre-pandemic levels more than one year after COVID-19 was first recorded in Australia.
Alcohol retailer turnover in Victoria increased by $800 million, from $2.6 billion in 2019 to $3.4 billion in 2020. This saw on average an additional $15 million of alcohol flow into Victorian homes every week in 2020.
These increases have continued in 2021, with sales into homes in quarter one 2021 $187 million higher than the same period pre-pandemic in 2019.
In May, more than $246 million of alcohol flowed into Victorian homes, an increase of $53 million (27 per cent) compared to May 2019.
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