The Fourth of July is the biggest beer-selling holiday of the year, according to the Neilsen Co.

Beer sellers in the Texarkana area also look forward to the profits from America’s Independence Day.

“This is like our Christmas,” said Kim Fowler, E-Z Mart Stores director of public relations and marketing. “We are getting it out as fast as we can.”

Sales in supermarkets across the country in 2008 topped 24 million cases during the holiday period. When combined with the activities of distributors, retailers, and related industries nationwide, nearly 1.9 billio...

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