http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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