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Liquor sales up 15.4 percent in July under privatization

With liquor now available in most every supermarket, drugstore and discount store in Washington, sales rose 15.4 percent in July compared with the same month in 2011, today reported the Washington State Department of Revenue.

Published: Sept. 10, 2012 at 3:03 p.m. PDTUpdated: Sept. 11, 2012 at 11:12 a.m. PDT
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Bob Beers shops for a bottle of vodka at Stadium Thriftway on June 1, the first day of liquor sale by private businesses. Some stores are adding the taxes and fees to shelf prices. Stadium was a leader in this strategy from the beginning, says Mike Hargreaves, store owner. (LUI KIT WONG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

With liquor now available in most every supermarket, drugstore and discount store in Washington, sales rose 15.4 percent in July compared with the same month in 2011, today reported the Washington State Department of Revenue.

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