source was The Weekly Retail Food Sales series https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/weekly-retail-food-sales/

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Interesting, I would have thought the highest weeks would be the holidays. May and June seems like such a random time for most of the highs.

Americans buy lots of Cheap Alcohol to Celebrate July 4th and Memorial Day and not quite as much, but more expensive Alcohol to celebrate Christmas

July 4th Average Cost per Unit Sales was $8.96

And Christmas Purchases averaged $9.36

Yea its July 4th and Memorial Day

2020 of course may have altered that a little. But July 4th is always the biggest selling 2018 - 2022

There are 7 dates out of the top 10 between May 3 and June 21st. I think there is more going on than just Memorial day to explain that.

I was thinking Christmas in particular, more parties and get togethers. I guess Christmas 2020 was pretty locked down though.

Everyone was under lock down during those times. Weather was getting a bit warmer, no school, no work, nothing. I’m sure a good amount of people took advantage and indulged in a few more drinks than usual. Plus stimulus checks so people had more cash to spend

Would be interesting to see what the average week looked like in 2019

yea I saw that but just didnt process that

Retail Sales from Jan 2019 - July 2022. How Much did we buy in Lockdown

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13.5% Lower in 2019 vs 2020.

2019 Average Weekly Sales $1,156,258,455 and Units 147,146,677

Retail Sales from Jan 2019 - July 2022. How Much did we buy in Lockdown

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Prepping for summer