Dana LaMendola, beverage analyst with Euromonitor International, Chicago, stated in Beverage Industry’s
June issue that tea’s positioning as a functional beverage as well as consumer education have helped the U.S. hot tea market and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea market grow in both volume and dollar sales between 2008 and 2013.
According to Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI), sales for bagged and loose- leaf teas 8/29/2014 2014 State of the Industry: Tea and RTD tea | 2014-07-11 | Beverage Industry http://www.bevindustry.com/articles/print/87613-state-of-the-industry-tea-and-rtd-tea 2/2in creased more than 6 percent to $1.2 billion in sales for the 52 weeks ending April 20 in U.S. multi-outlets. Showing more modest growth, canned and bottled tea sales were up just more than 2 percent to $3 billion in sales.