Washington booze buyers reportedly fleeing to Oregon stores after price increases
Oregon liquor store operators have reported more Washington booze shoppers since the switch. Consumers say Washington spirits prices are higher since the June 1 privatization of the formerly state-run liquor sales system. New state fees have raised the retail price of booze anywhere from 25 to 30 percent above the former state-run system’s costs, although the state says prices are down 1.5 percent since June.
Oregon is a control state that is watching what happens in Washington very closely.
via The Columbian.
