Post #433,296
3/31/20 5:49:42 PM
3/31/20 5:49:42 PM
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booze buys up
https://apnews.com/c407ecb931c6c528b4cceb0ecc216f0cBOTTOMS UP: One way Americans are coping with the new coronavirus? Booze. U.S. sales of alcoholic beverages rose 55% in the week ending March 21, according to Nielsen. Spirits like tequila, gin and pre-mixed cocktails led the way, with sales jumping 75% compared to the same period last year. Wine sales were up 66% while beer sales rose 42%. And online sales far outpaced in-store sales. Nielsen said online alcohol sales were up 243%. Danelle Kosmal, a Nielsen vice president, suspects growth rates peaked that week as people loaded up their pantries before state stay-at-home orders went into effect. Kosmal said data for the week ending March 28 will be a better indicator of ongoing demand. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #433,297
3/31/20 7:13:05 PM
3/31/20 7:13:06 PM
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Briefly, though.
Here in Ohio, liquor stores are not considered essential and are shuttered indefinitely. Can still get beer and wine at a grocery store. "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
~ AMBROSE BIERCE
(1842-1914)
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Post #433,300
3/31/20 9:49:31 PM
3/31/20 9:49:31 PM
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That was one thing I found odd in the US.
When I visited Austin a number of months ago it felt odd that the Whole Foods near my hotel had a couple of aisles of wine and beer basically in the middle of the supermarket. That's doesn't happen in Australia. I'm not sure of the exact legislation but the effect is that all liquor is in a separate store.
Wade.
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Post #433,301
4/1/20 12:47:47 AM
4/1/20 12:47:47 AM
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It's state-by-state in the U.S.
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Post #433,305
4/1/20 8:22:29 AM
4/1/20 8:22:29 AM
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IIRC, you can buy whiskey in the food stores in CA.
bcnu,
Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #433,308
4/1/20 11:14:07 AM
4/1/20 11:14:07 AM
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Yes - in fact . . .
. . one of my two most visited markets, Super King, remodeled, moving their liquor section into a confined sub-store with only one narrow, carefully guarded entrance, to reduce "shrinkage". Items selected are paid for in that sub-store and tagged as "Approved".
This sub-store is the size of many liquor stores, and has an incredible number of selections that are over US $100 per bottle. I buy the Armenian brandy I use as throat sterilizer there.
My other most visited market also has a vast liquor section with plenty of expensive bottles. Theirs is all in a wall long, glazed cabinet under lock and key.
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Post #433,333
4/1/20 10:53:10 PM
4/1/20 10:53:10 PM
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In Florida, even some Walmarts do that.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #433,311
4/1/20 11:25:36 AM
4/1/20 11:25:36 AM
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in louisiana as well. Also there they have drive thru daquiri shops
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #433,306
4/1/20 8:39:16 AM
4/1/20 8:39:16 AM
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do you guys still sell almost liqour in the gas stations?.
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #433,314
4/1/20 4:02:43 PM
4/1/20 4:02:43 PM
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our gas stations sell beer and cheap wine
24/7 so the rednecks can drink and drive as they have been doing since forever
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
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Post #433,322
4/1/20 9:11:57 PM
4/1/20 9:11:57 PM
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VT liqour stores closed but they can now make home deliveries :-/
https://liquorcontrol.vermont.gov/post-type/covid-19 RETAIL DELIVERY of ALCOHOL to CUSTOMERS 1st, 2nd and 4th Class Licensees
5.c.iii has been Amended 3/25/2020 – as part of the delivery process
5. For deliveries, the licensee shall be able to travel from town to town or from place to place carrying orders for delivery of any alcohol product they are licensed to sell and authorized to deliver hereunder without a delivery permit,
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Post #433,330
4/1/20 10:35:09 PM
4/1/20 10:35:09 PM
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VT: smarter/quicker than even Presidents*, nice.
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Post #433,334
4/2/20 2:18:09 AM
4/2/20 2:18:09 AM
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Re: Briefly, though.
Here in the UK, off-licences have been designated as essential.
Because they are.
You can't say to people "ha! months of no going out or socialising or none of that shit for YUO!" and then also say "also, no drinking". At least, you can't say that to British people, without consequences.
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Post #433,337
4/2/20 10:19:01 AM
4/2/20 10:19:01 AM
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Oh, to be an Englishman.
bcnu,
Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #433,321
4/1/20 8:20:02 PM
4/1/20 8:20:02 PM
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Re: booze buys up
Well, it is reported that soap, hand sanitizer and alcohol are, in descending order of efficacy, the best prophylactic measures available. Hand washing is all very well, but who wants to wash his mouth out with soap?
cordially,
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Post #433,329
4/1/20 10:31:51 PM
4/1/20 10:31:51 PM
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Hmmm... that last mightn't be Off the Wall, y'know? (depending on how, too-near? was a passer-by..)
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