Beer and Wine Sales in Grocery Stores

Selling beer and wine in Maryland grocery stores would bring a five to seven percent increase in sales and would increase state government revenues between $4.7 million and $6.6 million annually, according to the University of Baltimore.  Zenith Research surveyed 800 individuals regarding the idea and found significant support across every demographic, geographic, and political subgroup…

“Seventy-nine percent support it.  Forty-seven percent strongly support it, and among every single demographics of age, gender, income, race, regions, political party, ideology, etc., it’s over seventy percent support.  So, you don’t get much closer to a consensus than that.”