Liquor Store Sales Increase

With bars closed as a COVID-19 precaution, local liquor stores are seeing more business

With bars now closed, there is an uptick in business at area liquor stores.

The boom in business isn't all good news... kimt news three's maleeha kamal tells us one local business owner is taking this all day by day.xxx look live: i'm at apollo wine and spirits were items like this are flying off the shelf.

The owner tells me that they have seen a 70 percent increase in sales.

Apollo wine and spirits has been serving the community for over 50 years.

Bryan kings is the current owner.

He says they've seen an uptick in business due to the changes surrounding the corona virus.

People who ordinarily buy one bottle of wine are now adding two or three to their cart.

But despite business being good king says every day is a gamble.

Sot: if everyday we are struggling with how much to purchase to resupply our stores with in the event that we are shut down by the state.

And that is always on our mind is how much should we be purchasing this day to replenish what we sold for the previous day and we certainly dont want to be sitting on a lot of inventory if we are closed for a couple of weeks.

Super maleeha look live king told me that his staff is following cdc guidelines when it comes to following