@Neville
How do mom&pops compete in CT Liquor business?
Easy, we have state minimum pricing on every alcoholic product, both at wholesale and retail level.
The mom&pop pays the distributor the same price as Costco or Total and sells at the same minimum price. The only advantage the big guy has is that he probably always buys at the case price, while a mom&pop may pay the individual minimum price on less than case purchases. This affects profit but not retail minimum selling price.
In CT, buying a liquor store is buying yourself a job, not a get rich investment. Only so many stores per thousands of population can open in a town and not within 1500 feet of another liquor retailer, church/synagogue/mosque, school or day care. My town of approximately 40,000 has 5 liquor stores and I believe it could have 7, but no one has bothered to apply for another permit in the past 7 years
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