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25 Botched IT Upgrade Ended Liquor Sales for the Entire State of Mississippi

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 2 place · today 13:34 EDT

Botched IT Upgrade Ended Liquor Sales for the Entire State of Mississippi

Mississippi has one warehouse — run by a contractor — that sells all the liquor for the entire state of 2.9 million people. "If a restaurant or store anywhere in Mississippi wanted a bottle of Jim Beam, they had to order it from the wholesale warehouse," reports the Washington Post.

But then Mississippi's warehouse-managing contractor implemented a new computer system that wasn't compatible with the state's delivery system (like they'd promised it would be back in 2023). And then things got even worse....

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