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People are drinking less, especially younger drinkers, and tariffs have caused the biggest foreign market for U.S. wine—Canada—to dry up overnight.

Beer brewers have been worried for some time about pressure on their business from younger drinkers’ interest in different types of alcoholic beverages, as well as their growing disinterest in alcohol more generally.

In recent years, PepsiCo has struggled to win back soda drinkers after ceding market share to rivals, while its food business—once an engine for growth—has stalled as inflation-weary shoppers cut back on snacks.

Coffee drinkers exemplify a paradox at the heart of the U.S. economy.

At a small table in the middle of Hollywood’s Sightglass Coffee, the conversation about the AFI vocalist’s possible sudden death has drawn the eyes of coffee drinkers in the surrounding area.