Next thing you know the price of booze is gonna go up because there's little demand for it, while the price of water has gone up as well. Looks like more money for all the greedy bastards.
Gas. Canned goods. Meat. Toilet paper. Water. New cars. New houses. We watched damn near every product category get bent over and fucked with COVID.
You know the ONE category that hardly went up in price on the shelf, while we also closed nary a store? Booze.
Other than the “experience” brands marketed with bullshit over substance, your average bottle of vodka, tequila, rum, or whiskey barely moved in price. It’s still surprisingly low.
No. Not an alcoholic or own a liquor store. Drinking every now and then revealed static prices quite noticeable over the last 5 years when everything else took a 30% increase. Am I worried about the alcohol mafia pushing price up? No, not really. People aren’t buying it because people aren’t drinking. If they want to raise the price in THAT kind of market, they’ll be giving away three cases of Jack Daniel’s with every new 2023 sold off the lot at a loss, joining the delusional car market.
There are alternatives that are a lot healthier than booze now, and the younger generation isn’t falling for that gateway drug bullshit anymore. Alcohol had its run. It ain’t coming to an end anytime soon, but they can’t afford to increase prices much. Tends to create sobriety rather than profit.