Household spending on beverages since 1960 The share of alcoholic beverages decreases in favor of non-alcoholic beverages

In 2018, households spent 2.9% of their budget on beverages consumed at home. This share has fallen sharply in 60 years; it was 6.4% in 1960. Consumer preferences have changed: in the beverage budget, the share of expenditure on alcoholic beverages has been reduced in favor of non-alcoholic beverages. On average a French household spent 476 euros on non-alcoholic beverages and 707 euros on alcoholic beverages per year.

Wines, ciders and champagnes had a higher weight in the household expenditure on alcoholic beverages in some wine-producing regions. Younger people were more likely to spend on beer and the more modest on soda.

French households were among the largest consumers of alcohol in the European Union: in 2016, France was the eighth largest consumer of pure alcohol per person.