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		<title>&#8220;Sin&#8221; businesses slow for state</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kremer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>New ABC program may eventually soften the hated 45% ratio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey R. Hamman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>100-proof doesn’t mean recession-proof</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liquor sales up, but more drink at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 bottle and [...]]]></description>
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