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Taxing Liquor during Mardi Gras

Source: offbeat.com/taxing-liquor-mardi-gras/ - Feb 24, 2017

What do we do during Mardi Gras? We costume. We party. We drink. We visit with our friends. We listen to music. We drink. We parade. We catch beads and junk from floats. We eat. We drink. We drink a lot.

That’s the nature of the Mardi Gras beast. Alcohol rules in New Orleans, but it’s certainly King during Mardi Gras season.

For the hospitality industry, Mardi Gras is like a retailer’s Christmas. I don’t know what the exact figures are, but I would venture to guess that a huge proportion of a bar, restaurant, venue or club’s liquor sales are made during Mardi Gras weekend and just before.

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