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Why egg nog is a Christmas drink

From January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away

From January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away.
From January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away.

Dear Matthew Alice: As the season of “Eat, drink, and be merry!" begins, so; too does the appearance of eggnog at our local grocery stores. Why do the vendors not sell this delicious drink all year round? — Curious in Clairemont

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Eggnog in August? Nothing manufacturers can do will convince us that’s a good idea. According to Jack Sabatte, dairy owner and director of nog operations at the 87-year-old Berkeley Farms in : Hayward, the specialty drink is made in ice cream processing plants and hits the stores about a "week before Thanksgiving. Sales peak slightly at turkey time, tail off during the first two weeks of December, then are gangbusters through New Year’s Eve. But from January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away. It’s expensive to make, there’s nothing they can do with leftover eggnog, and retail space in the dairy case is tight. So every fall Berkeley Farms surveys decades of sales figures, determines whether the holidays fall on weekends or weekdays, checks the Farmer's Almanac and the Psychic Hotline, lights candles to the nog gods, and sets a manufacturing schedule. East Coast marketers once tried to convince us that eggnog’s just the stuff for Easter, but we didn’t fall for it. Even trying to sell it too early in November is a bust. Nog-wise, the consumer has spoken.

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From January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away.
From January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away.

Dear Matthew Alice: As the season of “Eat, drink, and be merry!" begins, so; too does the appearance of eggnog at our local grocery stores. Why do the vendors not sell this delicious drink all year round? — Curious in Clairemont

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Eggnog in August? Nothing manufacturers can do will convince us that’s a good idea. According to Jack Sabatte, dairy owner and director of nog operations at the 87-year-old Berkeley Farms in : Hayward, the specialty drink is made in ice cream processing plants and hits the stores about a "week before Thanksgiving. Sales peak slightly at turkey time, tail off during the first two weeks of December, then are gangbusters through New Year’s Eve. But from January 1 through the end of November, they can’t give the stuff away. It’s expensive to make, there’s nothing they can do with leftover eggnog, and retail space in the dairy case is tight. So every fall Berkeley Farms surveys decades of sales figures, determines whether the holidays fall on weekends or weekdays, checks the Farmer's Almanac and the Psychic Hotline, lights candles to the nog gods, and sets a manufacturing schedule. East Coast marketers once tried to convince us that eggnog’s just the stuff for Easter, but we didn’t fall for it. Even trying to sell it too early in November is a bust. Nog-wise, the consumer has spoken.

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