LCB asks to ‘modernize’ with more Sunday sales, pricing leeway

From the INQUIRER:

… Among the changes the [Liquor Control Board] is seeking is how it prices wine and liquor. The board now is required to slap 30-percent markups on all products on its shelves. LCB officials want to be able to vary this – for example, by marking up wines by 20 percent and some hard liquors by 40.

They also want lawmakers to let them create so-called “loyalty clubs,” to offer customers discounts.

And they want legislators to let them make new hires outside civil service – as well as set their wages. Conti stressed that this would not disturb collective-bargaining agreements…

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