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/2009/03/05/100-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