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I call bullshit on this. Canada barely makes 10% of sales. People are drinking less.
let me rephrase that yor you… at a time when people are drinking less and less, destilleries lost an additional 10% of sales, sudendly and likely long term, due to the pedo president absurd trade war
How much headroom do you think businesses have? Losing even 5% is a big deal, and the only lever they have is laying off staff.
The people who own jack-daniels, for instance, shed 600+ jobs this year because of the reduction in demand. Even 600 seems small, but to a town that's a lot of local income. And when they see that same 5, 10, 20% drop (more if it's a small town) then the losses will both amplify and hit more businesses in parallel ... which could have their own layoffs. It's an amplifying, self-feeding monster.
That stuff takes up room too so it costs them to store it until it's eventually sold. Fortunately it doesn't spoil so it's not a crisis. But they have to make it well in advance so the stuff that is maturing this year doesn't have the empty spots on the shelf so they have to spend more on storage.
Some are drinking less but those Canadians that still drink aren't drinking US liquor. Trying to keep those that still drink as customers seems like a better plan than pissing them off.