Constellation Brands’ Modelo Especial was the top-selling beer brand in the United States for a second straight month in June after taking Bud Light’s top spot in May, according to sales data.
Sales of Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light and Budweiser dropped 28 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively, for the four weeks ended July 1 from a year earlier, while Modelo Especial sales rose 8.5 percent, according to consulting company Bump Williams, which takes its data from NielsenIQ. Meanwhile, Modelo Especial was the top-selling beer brand in June, with an 8.7 percent share of overall beer sales through retail stores for the period, while Bud Light came in second with a 7 percent share….