This has to be one of the strangest "conspiracy theories" out there. So you're saying one store owner, who gets his allocation of high end bourbon has caused a statewide shortage-------all on his own.

Never mind that there are hundreds of other supermarkets, liquor stores, specialty wine and spirits stores in the state to carry said high end liquor.

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Posted by Rouge

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Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:46 am to gumbo2176

High end bourbon allocation is about total buying power from the distributor

Since Rouse's has over 50 stores in Louisiana alone, that gives them huge buying power and a larger than expected allocation of the top shelf stuff.

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Posted by Icansee4miles

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Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:35 am to gumbo2176

How many stores does Rouses have in Louisiana? 50-60? And they sell a shitload of liquor that is used to determine who gets the highly allocated bourbons that everyone wants. Do you think he gets more, or the 3 Hokus Pokus stores get more Pappy (to use the highest profile example)? There are probably close to as many Rouses in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans markets as all other retailers combined, yet we see the bottles from the other stores, generally in raffles, or otherwise sold to customers, his, never.

They periodically put a couple of bottles in his locked display cases of LotB or Old Rip at higher than Secondary prices and if someone is desperate enough to pay that, he gets huge profits. The PVW15, 20 and 23? Let me know when you see a bottle of that in any of his stores. I’ve heard from distributors and employees of his that all that gets delivered straight to him. Liquor managers in his stores never, ever see them.

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