Supply Chain Disruptions Cause Bottlenecks For Fort Worth Bars, Liquor Industry

Arlington TX

11 April, 2022

6:06 PM

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By Seth Bodine, Fort Worth Report April 11, 2022 A bottleneck in supplies is affecting suppliers, distilleries and bars that make specialty cocktails. To compensate, distilleries are ordering more supplies and paying more for supplies and bars are finding alternatives to the name-brand liquors. About 40% of distilled spirits on U.S. package store shelves are imported, Lisa Hawkins, senior vice president of public affairs for the Distilled Spirits Council, said in an email to the Fort Worth Report. Backlogged ports, shortages of truck drivers and pallets are part of the challenge for distillers, Hawkins wrote. Consumers are in luck, Hawkins said – because there are more than 16,000 spirits brands in the U.S. marketplace, there's no shortage of options to choose from. Aldrich said Thompson's bartenders can often find an alternative for cocktails. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.