JAMIE CARR: Drinks up in global lockdowns
In SA booze was banned but elsewhere, enforced homestays led to consumption rocketing
08 September 2022 - 05:00
Amid all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that accompanies a global economic outlook that threatens to cause one of the most rapid declines in standards of living since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it is heartening to spot a drop of good news from none other than giant booze group Pernod Ricard.
While the beloved country reacted to the pandemic with alcohol bans, anecdotal reports from the rest of the world suggest that the lockdown led to the drinks trolley getting wheeled out earlier and earlier, particularly by those who had months of furlough to enjoy...
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