4% price increase effective Sunday at Pennsylvania liquor stores – By Brian C. Rittmeyer (TribLive) / Jan 13, 2023
Prices of more than 3,500 of the most popular items at state liquor stores will increase by 4% on Sunday, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced.
In a statement, the LCB cited 40-year, record-high inflation as the reason for price hikes.
“These increases will allow the PLCB to generate revenues needed to offset annual 8% increases in operating costs over the last four years, plus projected cost increases in the current year related to personnel, distribution, leases and credit card fees, among others,” the statement said.
The LCB said that despite incurring pandemic- and inflation-related cost increases for several years, it has resisted hiking retail prices since 2019, only passing along vendor cost increases
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