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Minnesota municipal liquor stores continued record trend in sales in 2019
While sales continued to grow, the total net profits bucked a five-year trend of increases and dropped by $1.1 million to $24.4 million. 8:00 am, Jan. 3, 2021 ×
The Lancaster Bar and Lounge is a municipal liquor store in Lancaster, a small town in northern Minnesota. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
In 2019, Municipal liquor stores in Minnesota outdid themselves yet again and reported record sales for the 24th year in a row.
The 215 city-owned liquor stores spread across 182 Minnesota cities posted $372.1 million in total sales in 2019, an increase of $11.9 million from the previous year. While sales continued to grow, the total net profits bucked a five-year trend of increases and dropped by $1.1 million to $24.4 million. State Auditor Julie Blaha, whose office released its annual municipal liquor store report on Dec. 18, said the decrease happened as a result of changes at a few s