BofA: Aluminum cans gain share in beverage packaging trends

Investing.com -- Bank of America published an analysis of Nielsen scanner data for the week ended July 25, 2026, showing continued market share gains for aluminum cans in the beverage packaging sector.

Non-alcoholic beverage volumes rose 0.7% in the four-week period. Aluminum cans increased 2.6% year-over-year in the last four weeks, 1.3% over 13 weeks, and 2.2% over 52 weeks. Glass packaging declined 4.5% over the last four weeks, compared with a 5.9% drop over 13 weeks and a 2.2% decrease over 52 weeks. Plastic packaging posted 0.2% growth in the last four weeks, versus a 1.3% decline over 13 weeks and a 0.7% drop over 52 weeks.

Canned carbonated soft drinks rose 3.6% over the last four weeks, compared with 1.8% over 13 weeks and 1.6% over 52 weeks. Carbonated soft drinks in plastic fell 4.1% over four weeks, matching the 4.1% decline over 52 weeks. Canned energy drinks increased 4.4% over the last four weeks, versus 3.8% over 13 weeks and 7.9% year-over-year over 52 weeks. Water in plastic bottles grew 1.5% in the last four weeks, up from 0.2% over 13 weeks and 1.0% over 52 weeks.

Alcoholic beverage volumes declined in the mid-single digits year-over-year across the four-week, 13-week, and 52-week periods. Canned alcoholic beverages decreased 1.6% year-over-year in the latest four weeks, from 2.0% over 13 weeks and 1.7% over 52 weeks. Glass packaging fell 6.2% over the last four weeks, versus 7.2% over 13 weeks and 6.7% over 52 weeks.

Non-alcoholic beer cans rose 11.6% over the last four weeks versus 17.9% over 52 weeks. Non-alcoholic beer in glass bottles increased 15.3% and 6.3%, respectively. Imported canned beer grew 6.1% over the last four weeks, versus 4.6% over 13 weeks and 2.0% over 52 weeks.

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