Liquor sales in Kansas and U.S. skyrocket during pandemic
Across Kansas and the country, liquor sales have been a winner in an economy crippled by COVID-19.
“5 o’clock came really early every day for everyone since March,”
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The spike in at-home drinking has also caused shortages of certain types of liquor, such as those made in Mexico.
Liquor sales at stores are up 22.7% nationwide from March 1 through roughly mid-September compared to the same time the prior year, according to the data-organization Nielsen.
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AT-HOME DRINKING CAUSES SHORTAGES
The national boom of drinking from cans, instead of items on tap, has caused a bottleneck for can production. It’s impacted “skinny cans,” Davis said, like the ones used by White Claw, Truly and Michelob Ultra. Budweiser, he said, stopped making 8-pack of 16-ounce cans.
“It was an in-between package for the guy who wants 12 cans or wants a six-pack and they just aren’t making those right now,” Davis said.
Other products are nearly unavailable.
Mexico saw its wave of COVID-19 cases come after other countries and lagged behind others in restarting production, he said.
“There’s no Corona on the shelf. No Dos Equis. No Victoria. We are getting very, very limited supplies of those,” Davis said. “It’s just kind of dumbfounding for me. Doing this for (25) years, you never want to be out of stuff on the shelf and you’re walking through your store you go, ‘man there’s four or five cooler doors that have no product in them because we can’t get em.”’
Across Kansas and the country, liquor sales have been a winner in an economy crippled by COVID-19.
“5 o’clock came really early every day for everyone since March,”
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The spike in at-home drinking has also caused shortages of certain types of liquor, such as those made in Mexico.
Liquor sales at stores are up 22.7% nationwide from March 1 through roughly mid-September compared to the same time the prior year, according to the data-organization Nielsen.
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AT-HOME DRINKING CAUSES SHORTAGES
The national boom of drinking from cans, instead of items on tap, has caused a bottleneck for can production. It’s impacted “skinny cans,” Davis said, like the ones used by White Claw, Truly and Michelob Ultra. Budweiser, he said, stopped making 8-pack of 16-ounce cans.
“It was an in-between package for the guy who wants 12 cans or wants a six-pack and they just aren’t making those right now,” Davis said.
Other products are nearly unavailable.
Mexico saw its wave of COVID-19 cases come after other countries and lagged behind others in restarting production, he said.
“There’s no Corona on the shelf. No Dos Equis. No Victoria. We are getting very, very limited supplies of those,” Davis said. “It’s just kind of dumbfounding for me. Doing this for (25) years, you never want to be out of stuff on the shelf and you’re walking through your store you go, ‘man there’s four or five cooler doors that have no product in them because we can’t get em.”’
