Mississippi running out of booze . . . if this isn't real news I don't know what is

[AverageOldGuy]

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Source: Washington Post

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.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/12/mississippi-liquor-sales-breakdown/

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My Mississippi cousins are organizing trips across the river into Arkansas or north to Memphis.

[Javaman]

1. Won't somebody think of the winos???!!nt

[JoseBalow]

5. Wonderful Wino

(3:40)

[underpants]

2. 170,000 case backlog. Software didn't synch with conveyor belt system

Mississippi alcohol shortage continues with 170,000-case backlog in ABC warehouse

Trouble began in January when the warehouse, which is operated for the Department of Revenue by private contractor Ruan Transportation, implemented new software that was incompatible with its old conveyor belt system of loading cases. The conveyor belt system was removed and forklifts used to transfer pallets onto outgoing trucks.

Implementation did not go smoothly. It took weeks to work through technical issues with the software and adjust to the new loading system. Across the state, orders backed up.


https://mississippitoday.org/2026/04/07/alcohol-shortage-abc-warehouse/

[LisaM]

7. Software issues. No surprise.

I work in IP and one of our patent attorneys was scoffing at the quality of software companies currently deliver. They promise all kinds of things, but no deliverables. She says a lot of it is absolute garbage.

That, and they probably didn't test it thoroughly. I have done beta testing and it needs to be rigorous.

[highplainsdem]

10. Much if not most of the software being shipped now is written by AI, and according to a survey of

developers I mentioned in a post in GD months ago, many of them trust AI enough not to check it carefully. And AI use is also deskilling them.

[txwhitedove]

12. Software issues? Oh geez, they might have to hire humans!

[FakeNoose]

4. I read a lot of John Grisham books, and many are about Mississippi

I'm sure Mr. Grisham loves his home town and state, but he describes rural Mississippi with a grain of salt. The folks who live in the dry counties - including much of the state - prefer to keep it that way. But they love to take frequent trips to Memphis and other cities to buy and consume their liquor away from prying eyes at home. It's part of their local color, I guess.

[Aristus]

6. If I somehow found myself stranded in Mississippi,

I would drink myself insensible. It’s rather churlish of Mississippi to try to hinder that.

[Nigrum Cattus]

8. more republican't management

they can't lead
they can't manage, anything, except grift
no plans, no expertise, no back-up, zilch
it's just a warehouse
if you can't manage a warehouse, you can't manage a state, country

[Martin68]

9. Liquor was entirely illegal in Mississippi until 1966, so they know what to do when it runs out.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Shine.

[k55f5r]

13. The Wino and I Know

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