Interviewer
Samuel Oliver Steele; Brock Flynn
Files
Description
In this first part of a two-part interview, Jeffrey Crouch talks about his store, Grizzly Liquor, a privatized state liquor store in Missoula. Crouch and his wife have owned it for eight and a half years. The store has a “franchise agreement” that allows it to sell retail alcohol, as well as sell to sell alcohol to restaurants and bars. The state government regulates the sale of alcohol to restaurants and bars and requires fixed prices, but Grizzly Liquor can mark up prices for retail sales. Crouch states that during the COVID-19 pandemic, his store never shut down since it and other stores selling alcohol in Montana were designated as essential businesses by the governor. Finally, Crouch talks about how COVID-19 affected him personally in dealing with the different thoughts and opinions of family and friends on how they think the authorities should handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
4-17-2021
Time Period
Twenty-first century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project, OH 478, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 478-024
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:14:38 minutes
Local Filename
OH_478_024_use_audio.mp3; OH_478_024_transcript.pdf
Citation
Crouch, Jeffrey, "Jeffrey Crouch Interview, April 17, 2021" (2021). Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project. 8.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/wetmissoulacovid19_oralhistory/8