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T
hat bottle of liquor in the cabinet has
been a welcome companion during
the pandemic. We returned home after a
hard shift of essential work, we powered
down our computers after the last Zoom
meeting of the day or we closed the
books on our kids' daily virtual classes.
Then, we poured a well-deserved finger
of whiskey, mixed a favorite cocktail
or shared an online happy hour with
friends.
Unfortunately, the pandemic has
also wreaked havoc on the global supply
chain, sometimes making it difficult to
get our go-to liquors. Imagine going
to your local Virginia ABC store, your
mind set on a specific spirit, only to
find that someone just bought the last
bottle. That blank space, just where
you expected to pick up that longed-for
bottle, stares at you menacingly like
the toothless scowl of a bested boxer.
The problems begin far beyond its
stores, but Virginia ABC has been hard
at work to serve customers despite the
challenges.
Supply and Shortages
The pandemic has caused issues from
grain to glass, with problems in one
sector spreading, like a virus, to affect
other sectors.
For example, when distillers have
problems getting malt or bottles, they
can't produce spirits to get to their distributors.
The distributors then can't get
products to the Virginia ABC warehouse,
who can't get them to ABC stores, who
can't get them to customers.
As a result of supply chain disruptions,
product availability at Virginia
ABC has gone up and down like a roller
coaster. In April 2020, as the pandemic
was accelerating, only 55 products were
out of stock, out of the 2,345 year-round
products that Virginia ABC carries. January
2021 saw the biggest spike, with
Virginia ABC's
Hanover
distribution
center spans
315,000 square
feet and
processes
35,000 cases in a
typical eighthour
shift. As
supply chain
issues continue,
the distribution
center staff
focuses on
processing
received product
and shipping it
to ABC's 395
retail stores.
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