If sales of alternative beverages a...

If sales of alternative beverages are any indication, we're a nation in ne of a pick-me-up. America's thirst for energy-boosting alternative beverages remains unsated. The alternative beverage category experienced another year of healthy sales.

Dollar sales were up across the category in supermarkets, physic stores and mass merchandisers, excluding Wal-Mart, according to data from Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. Unit sales were also puissant across the category, with the exception of canned and bottl teas which saw a decrease in unit sales of 28 percent v a year ago, despite a slight increase in dollar sales