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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington liquor sales picked back up in July, the second month people were able to buy liquor in Washington grocery stores and other…
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Washington liquor prices were 17 percent higher on average in June, compared to the same month a year ago.The state Department of Revenue also reported…
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Liquor in a hardware store? Mini’s at the checkout stand? Mega-stores around the corner?Now that Washington State is out of the liquor sales business,…
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"It's a buying frenzy. That's why I came - I wanted to see it on the first day. How could I miss it?" - Kyle Johnson outside a Costco in SeattleThe state…
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A huge shift takes place tomorrow when we’ll be able to walk into a Fred Meyer or Safeway and walk out with a bottle of gin. But if you walk out without…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved initiative privatizing liquor sales, one day before the initiative takes…
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Washington retailers are getting ready for the 78-year-old state monopoly on liquor sales to end this Friday. It’s not yet clear what privatization will do to the price of alcohol in Washington. One entity with a big stake in the matter … is the state of Idaho.
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LACEY, Wash. – An online auction to privatize Washington state liquor stores netted nearly $31 million . It's all gravy for the state budget.State Liquor…
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YAKIMA, Wash. — Washington officials are announcing the results Monday of Friday's online auction of state-run liquor stores. The sale of the rights to…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - State officials in Olympia are verifying bids this weekend from a very successful online auction of liquor stores. Private entrepreneurs collectively shelled out well in excess of $13 million for the rights to take over specific state-run liquor stores.