http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/04/04/shockoe-bottom-now-with-more-liquor/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/04/04/shockoe-bottom-now-with-more-liquor/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:36:58 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=27505 The Virginia ABC is opening a retail store on the corner of Main St. and 21st later this spring]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/04/04/shockoe-bottom-now-with-more-liquor/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/21/sin-businesses-slows-for-state/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/21/sin-businesses-slows-for-state/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:19:32 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11604 Business is slowing at state agencies that make a profit, but both the Virginia Lottery and the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control have some new strategies to get back in growth mode]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/21/sin-businesses-slows-for-state/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/new-abc-program-may-eventually-soften-the-hated-45-ratio/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/new-abc-program-may-eventually-soften-the-hated-45-ratio/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 10:48:10 +0000 Stacey R. Hamman http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7423 The often-ridiculed law that requires restaurants to sell a minimum dollar value of food based on liquor sales has shown extraordinary staying power, in part because a powerful beer and wine lobby opposes upsetting the status quo. But one law based on House Bill 2293, could make things easier for restaurant owners who want to sell high-quality liquor by allowing restaurants to calculate their ratio based on the volume of liquor sold, not by the dollar figure as is currently done. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/new-abc-program-may-eventually-soften-the-hated-45-ratio/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/100-proof-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-recession-proof/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/100-proof-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-recession-proof/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:03:55 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5319 The state-run business of selling liquor is showing signs of a hangover. Sales to bars and restaurants for January were down 3 percent compared with the previous year. For the fiscal year that began in July, year-to-date sales at Virginia ABC stores were still up 6.3 percent from the previous year. But the size of ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/100-proof-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-recession-proof/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/liquor-sales-up-but-more-drink-at-home/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/liquor-sales-up-but-more-drink-at-home/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:57:22 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3189 For many Virginians, it looks like hard liquor isn’t considered discretionary spending. Sales at Virginia ABC stores are up 6.5 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to fiscal year-to-date (July-November) sales figures from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. A closer look at the numbers indicates more drinkers are buying a ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/liquor-sales-up-but-more-drink-at-home/feed/ 0