Gin sales have overtaken brandy and vodka in South Africa
According
to a large retailer, gin may become South Africans drink of choice.
According to the general sales trends of alcohol over the last two years, it appears that gin is leading the pack.
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Gin sales have been growing three times faster than brandy and vodka, and it is catching up to whiskey.
The sales trends encompass affluent suburbs and poorer areas, showing that people's taste buds are changing.
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The so-called ‘gin craze’ may have started during lockdown where people bought non-alcoholic gin.
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