Can Record Sales Save the PLCB?
For its just concluded fiscal year, the state-run booze board reports record sales.
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The LCB Is Totally Digging Its Own Grave With Those Wine Kiosks
There really isn't any good news to report about the LCB's dismal, costly and potentially life-threatening experiment.
Lawmakers Want to Allow Beer Distributors to Sell Liquor
The union that represents liquor store employees is firing back, saying the deal is one-sided.
LCB Plans to Put Booze in Its Wine Kiosks
The critically panned program will begin testing sales of spirits in the months to come.
Is a Twenty Year Grudge Really at the Heart of the Privatization Debate?
The push to privatize started with a failed attempt to but Bailey's Irish Cream.
Corbett Turns to Consultants to Conduct Liquor Store Study
The move sends a message to voters that the governor is clueless in his quest to privatize the state's liquor stores.
Lawmakers Get Ready to Rumble Over the Pros and Cons of Liquor Privatization
Deliberations over the future of liquor sales in PA will surely drive lawmakers to drink.
It Sure Sucks to Be the LCB
As Harrisburg weighs the future of the state run liquor agency, Wegmans upstages them with its own wine dispensing program.
Take Two: LCB Reboots Wine Kiosks
When it comes to their wine kiosks, the LCB believes that if first you don't succeed, try, try again.
LCB Pulls the Plug on Wine Kiosks
So much for the "high tech" wine dispensing machines bringing the state-run liquor control board into the 21st Century.
More Than Twenty LCB Employees Get Fired For Fishing Off the Company Pier
Every single employee from Store 5103 has been let go.
You Can Thank PLCB For Higher Booze Costs
PLCB will increase the handling fees of distilled spirits and wine; restaurants and bars will have little choice but to pass the price hikes on to you.
PLCB Wants Four Loko Pulled Off Store Shelves
It's not an outright ban, but more like a polite request.
PLCB’s Wine Kiosks Stoke the Ire of Liquor Store Employees
The union alleges that the state's liquor control board is too closely connected to the liquor industry to fight underage drinking in a meaningful way, especially when its puts a wine dispensing machine on a college campus.
PLCB Moves to Get the Garces Trading Co. Suit Dismissed
In the latest tuen of events, the PLCB has requested that the lawsuit be dismissed.
Even the Brits Are Skeptical of PLCB’s Wine Vending Kiosks
The BBC mocks PLCB's wine kiosks, describing them as a series of hoops customers must jump through in order to purchase wine.
Wine Kiosk Pilot Program Exceeds Expectations
Wine sales during the pilot program surpassed projections by 20 to 30 percent.
Garces Trading Co. Is Applying For a Liquor License
The application for a liquor license is certainly the sign that something big is happening.
