fishnbowljoe Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 FWIW, I’m gonna venture a guess that most states liquor sales are up this year. As has become my SOP in this forum, link below. Joe https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/virginia-liquor-says-up-117m-from-same-time-last-year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 This is a potentially tricky topic. Are sales up in liquor stores compared to last year? Most unequivocally yes. What about total liquor sales? When you take into account the the steep drop off in on premise sales, I think total sales are down. ( I did not read the article to see if they made the distinction.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 It also seems that the biggest increase is in "comfort" brands. Or at least the ones people are most familiar with. Jim, Jack, Jose and Tito for example (one more and it could be a boy band...). Specialty items and new things are not as easy to move with many stores limiting access for some or all of the past few months and on premise very limited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/6/2020 at 1:01 AM, flahute said: This is a potentially tricky topic. Are sales up in liquor stores compared to last year? Most unequivocally yes. What about total liquor sales? When you take into account the the steep drop off in on premise sales, I think total sales are down. ( I did not read the article to see if they made the distinction.) It's extra weird in a control state like VA where on premise has to buy from the VA ABC stores. The benefit they get is that its tax free as the state collects tax on the on-premise sale at typical markups. And that last piece just isn't happening, so the state may still be down some tax revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoFingers Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 9/6/2020 at 6:19 PM, tanstaafl2 said: Jim, Jack, Jose and Tito for example (one more and it could be a boy band...). A boy band? I'm just hoping that isn't the four horsemen of the apocalypse. With 2020, you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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