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Ohioans buying better booze
And more of it, too, says Division of Liquor Control fiscal year 2007 report.
By Mark Fisher
Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Ohioans are drinking more ? and they're drinking better.
That's the conclusion of state officials who oversee liquor sales, which reached record highs in the 2007 fiscal year in volume and dollars. And Dayton-area liquor sellers agree.
Statewide, sales of spirits higher than 21 percent alcohol, or 42 proof, rose 5.3 percent to $672.7 million, while volume sales rose by 2.5 percent to 10.2 million gallons, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control fiscal year 2007 report.
The liquor control officials attributed the dollar sales increase to increases in booze prices, consumers purchasing higher-priced premium products and increases in overall consumption. The volume increase matched last year's but was slightly lower than the volume increases reported in 2004 and 2005, liquor control officials said. Dollar sales have jumped 78 percent in a decade, fueled in part by rising prices.
Ohioans buying better booze
And more of it, too, says Division of Liquor Control fiscal year 2007 report.
By Mark Fisher
Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Ohioans are drinking more ? and they're drinking better.
That's the conclusion of state officials who oversee liquor sales, which reached record highs in the 2007 fiscal year in volume and dollars. And Dayton-area liquor sellers agree.
Statewide, sales of spirits higher than 21 percent alcohol, or 42 proof, rose 5.3 percent to $672.7 million, while volume sales rose by 2.5 percent to 10.2 million gallons, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control fiscal year 2007 report.
The liquor control officials attributed the dollar sales increase to increases in booze prices, consumers purchasing higher-priced premium products and increases in overall consumption. The volume increase matched last year's but was slightly lower than the volume increases reported in 2004 and 2005, liquor control officials said. Dollar sales have jumped 78 percent in a decade, fueled in part by rising prices.
