The FIFA World Cup 2014 runs from Thursday 12th June 2014 to Sunday 13th June 2014. This represents a massive opportunity for the off-trade sector. Every time England score, it could add up to £198.5million for the UK’s shops, pubs and restaurants, according to a new survey.

The report estimates that at least 23 million Britons will watch England’s first-round games, and that at least £143 million extra will be spent if the team makes it out of their group. Each fan is expected to spend £56 on retail and leisure but if England reach the final this could double to £112, with food and drink at home the big expenses.

Take advantage of the opportunity in your directmedicationsonline.com store by stocking up on take home packs of beer and keeping the chiller well stocked with a range of premium international lagers on a multi-buy offer. Be creative by promoting beers from countries playing each evening and offer consumers value for money by stocking price marked packs and through multi-buy deals. Put up football themed displays to engage the consumer and drive footfall to your store. Don’t forget that spend on snacks will also be stimulated during this period, so offer deals across drinks and snacks to increase basket spend.

Play the game right, and ensure your store is a winner this World Cup!!

Statistics provided by Wholesale News.

Yesterday, on the anniversary of St. Edmund’s day, Greene King opened their new St Edmund Brewhouse. The St Edmund Brewhouse will allow them to be more flexible in their approach to brewing than ever before, and provide a great innovation platform on which they can continue to develop great beers. The Brewhouse allows them to produce small quantities (30 barrells at a time) of beer.

In particular, the focus of the day was on Greene King’s new range of speciality craft beers, including the Double Hop Monster – a 7.2% abv IPA, cheapambienpriceonline.com that is bursting with aromatic hop character and a refreshingly bitter finish as well as the St Edmund’s Anniversary Ale – a 6.0% abv fresh Golden Beer with a citrus finish.

Greene King plan to to use their new ‘mini-brewery’ to continue leading innovation in the Beer category. Whilst the Beer category as a whole is in decline, Speciality Craft Beers are seeing rapid growth and renewed interest from younger consumers.

Speak to Nikkita in depot for more information about how you can maximise this growing opportunity in your store or pub.