Mississippi is running out of liquor, and it's the state's fault
Willie the one-eyed skeleton is dressed for Cinco de Mayo, but the liquor store where Willie sits ran out of Jose Cuervo months ago. Arrow Wine and Spirits is also out of Tito’s and Burnett’s vodka, Franzia boxed wine, Jack Daniels, and every kind of premixed margarita.
The suburban shop used to sell 4,000 kinds of booze. But three months ago, the state’s only alcohol warehouse — Mississippi is one of 17 that controls the sale of wine and liquor — shut down for what was supposed to be a two-week inventory. The liquor hasn’t flowed right since.
Business owners across the state say they are in a state of emergency. Restaurants in Jackson had no wine on Valentine’s Day, and bars on the Gulf Coast ran dry before Mardi Gras. At least five liquor shops have closed, and if cheap pints don’t hit the corner stores soon, many of them will, too.
“We’re hanging on by the skin of our teeth,” said Shaun Blakeney, the manager of Arrow Wine and Spirits in Clinton. “This store’s my whole world, and I don’t want to lose it.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mississippi-is-running-out-of-liquor-and-it-s-the-state-s-fault/ar-AA20HpyI
Guess Kegbreath won't be visiting anytime soon.
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