SNOW HILL -- The Department of Liquor Control (DLC) is on track to meet its year-end profit goal of $556,500, according to officials.
When Worcester decided to absorb the then quasi-governmental Liquor Control Board last July and turn it into an actual county department, DLC Director Bobby Cowger said that, while the transition went smoothly, the entity itself was a mess.
“There was a huge amount of bad inventory,” he told the commission.Additional problems at the time of the takeover included issues with transparency to the public.
“It seemed like there was none there,” said Cowger.
There were also concerns over non-consistent pricing and overly late hours for liquor stores, wrinkles Cowger said have been ironed out by standardizing pricing and a decision to close all county run liquor stores by 10 p.m.
According to Cowger’s report, the DLC is expected to bring in more than $15 million in revenue this year -- about $10 million through wholesale operations and roughly $5 million through retail.
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So when they say profit,does that mean the liquor board are all going on an all paid Vegas vacation or the taxpayers getting some relief?
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