The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) reported internet revenue of CA$1.401 billion (US$1.02bn) for the yr ending 29 March.
The determine represents a 1.9% lower on the earlier yr.
Gross sales totalled CA$4.042bn (US$2.96bn), a 1.4% fall, whereas quantity gross sales fell by 3% to 216.4 million litres.
It added it is going to ‘proceed deploying initiatives to cope with market circumstances and the development towards decrease volumes’.
Gross sales within the SAQ’s retailer and specialised centre community fell by 2.4% on the earlier yr, with quantity gross sales dropping by 4.6%. The SAQ stated the drop in volumes, skilled through the previous two years, is because of ‘adjustments in prospects’ purchasing habits’.
On-line gross sales had been up by 2.6% from the previous fiscal yr, reaching CA$107.3m (US$78.5m). This represented 3.6% of shopper gross sales.
The worth of the common purchasing cart elevated by 0.3%, going from CA$63.13 to CA$63.35 (US$46.16-US$46.32).
The common per-litre worth additionally rose by 1.6% to CA$22.03 (US$16.11).
Gross sales within the wholesale grocer community totalled CA$359.9m (US$263), a 9.7% improve.
Volumes equalled 37.6m litres, an increase of 5.9%.
The SAQ acts as a wholesaler to the Quebec grocery and comfort retailer community, subsequently these gross sales figures don’t essentially correspond to the gross sales made by these institutions to customers.
Spirits volumes in Canada’s on-trade fell by 1.9% final yr, pushed by whisky and vodka, however the class fared higher than beer.
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