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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Mississippi is running out of booze. Stores now say an Iowa company is to blame

A software glitch at a Mississippi warehouse that resulted in a massive liquor shortage across the state continues to drag on, with copious amounts of booze sitting idle and at least four lawsuits pending against the billion-dollar Iowa trucking company at the center of it all.

Data from the Mississippi Department of Revenue, which oversees and controls all wine and spirit sales in the state, shows a backlog of 172,176 unshipped cases at the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control warehouse.

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