PROTECT YOURSELF Creativity abounds in New Orleans, where people like to have fun with everything – that includes masks and protective accessories such as hand sanitizer cases, clips and chains. “We’re such an expressive community in New Orleans – you might not be able to see our smiles, but we can wear a part of our expressiveness in our masks,” says Martha Claire Breland, Owner of local gift shop Judy at the Rink. Judy at the Rink stocks locally made, colorful and luxury masks, mask chains, touchless tool key rings and hand sanitizer. “We have hand sanitizer, masks and disinfectant at the store,” she says. “We only allow five customers in the store at any given time. We’re trying to do our part.” Sazerac Company, maker of Sazerac Rye and the company behind local whiskey museum Sazerac House, normally centers its business on the production of aged spirits but pivoted early in the pandemic to fill an immediate need across the country for hand sanitizer.
Gold touch-less tool available from Judy at the Rink.
Bottling of hand sanitizer from the Buffalo Trace Distillery plant in Frankfort, KY. Photo provided by Sazerac Company.
“To date, we have made 120 million ounces of hand sanitizer,” says Amy Preske, Public Relations Manager. “We have supplied the world’s largest companies in the financial, airline, retail, healthcare and government industries,” she says. The company intends to continue making hand sanitizer as long as necessary while continuing production of its spirits, such as Buffalo Trace bourbon, Sazerac Rye, Southern Comfort and Myers’s Rum. The sanitizer is available for purchase at BuffaloTraceGiftShop.com.
JUDY AT THE RINK 2727 Prytania Street, Suite 11, 891-7018, JudyAtTheRink.com SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. 101 Magazine St., (866) 729-3722, Sazerac.com