Municipal liquor stores see falling profits in Southeast Minnesota
The number of municipal liquor stores is falling statewide, and Plainview s will be a casualty of the 2020 list. 4:25 pm, Dec. 20, 2020 ×
The Plainview Liquor Store, known locally as the Muni, is seen Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Plainview. The store, part of the 2019 state report on municipal liquor stores, was sold by the city in 2020. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
The Kasson Liquor Store certainly qualifies as a success.
One of seven municipal liquor stores from Southeast Minnesota on the 2019 Analysis of Municipal Liquor Store Operations annual report from the Minnesota Secretary of State s Office, the Kasson muni earned $110,937 for its town, more than twice the next closest store in the region, Mazeppa Municipal Liquor Store, which earned $53,994 for its city.