Couple this with the empty lines for food trucks at all the big music festivals this year and it’s clear that people on the whole are consuming less…gluttonously.

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[–] 32 points 1 month ago (7 children)

People are consuming less... because they're fuckin' broke

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    I think alcohol is going out of fashion generally, like people used to flaunt their favorite rye as a way to show sophistication, now people consider not drinking a sign of sophistication.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    What if I’m sophisticated, but I also need to drown out the horrors of modern society?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I bet you used to sell a lot to Canada.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Perfect timing.- I need to take up drinking alcohol so I can be in a stupor for the rest of Hair Commandant's term in office.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I think it's a world wine glut. Here in NZ there have been unpicked grapes for the last 3 years as it was more expensive to pick then to let them rot. There have been vineyards wholly pulled out in the last year or two.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    This message brought to by Big Wine.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago*

    Whatever the reason, this is “probably one of the best times I’ve seen in my near 30-year history in the industry for the consumer,”

    Alcoholic.

    90% of alcohol revenue is from alcoholics.

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