Sales of non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer, wine, and spirit beverages have more than doubled over the past year at BWS and Dan Murphy’s, two of Australia’s major alcohol retailers. The two major retailers reported a sales growth of 103 percent for the 2020 financial year, which peaked during Christmas in 2019 and July 2020. It also saw a rise in March 2020 when the Australia went into lockdowns due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. Adam Fry, general manager of buying and merchandising at Endeavour Group, the company that runs both retailers, attributed the rise to consumers’ new preference. “This is a reflection of a broader trend where consumers are choosing to moderate, with particular interest from customers in metro areas,” he said in a statement. “We expect this trend to continue.” Meanwhile, the alcohol consumption per capita in Australia is expected to …