The Virginia ABC complex opened about three years ago in Hanover County. Officials say the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s profit margin is tracking slightly ahead of the revised forecast for this year, as it makes up for some lost revenue by reducing expenses.
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is trying to get back on track to profitability and stability after a reckoning with declining liquor sales that dealt a big blow to the profit margins it had promised to the state in this fiscal year and the two-year budget that takes effect on July 1.
Keith Thomas prepares a order in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Boxes of liquor are prepared for orders in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Boxes of liquor are shrink-wrapped in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Boxes of liquor are unloaded from trucks in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Boxes of liquor are prepared for orders in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Mark Dunham, director of logistics at Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, gives a tour of the ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Boxes of liquor are stored in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Employees fill orders at the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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In this August 2019 image, Keith Thomas prepares an order in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road.
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Boxes of liquor are stored in the Virginia ABC warehouse at 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Brian Moran, secretary of Public Safety and homeland Security, speaks at Virginia ABC, 2901 Hermitage Road Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
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Travis Hill, CEO of Virginia ABC, announces sales results for the last fiscal year. Photo was taken on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
The Virginia ABC complex opened about three years ago in Hanover County. Officials say the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s profit margin is tracking slightly ahead of the revised forecast for this year, as it makes up for some lost revenue by reducing expenses.
