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Liquor Stores exiting the lower 48 U.S. states (excerpt)

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. (the “Company” or “Liquor Stores”) (TSX:LIQ) today announced that it has acted on the strategy endorsed by shareholders in June of refocussing on its core markets of Alberta,  B.C. and Alaska by selling its 15 Liquor Barn retail stores in the state of Kentucky and entering into negotiations for the sale of its 51% interest in Birchfield Ventures LLC (“Birchfield”) which owns two stores in New Jersey.   

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Budweiser's ex-marketing chief sees weed as the new craft beer

“This bud’s for you” has taken on a whole new meaning for Chris Burggraeve.

The former chief marketing officer for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the brewer of Budweiser beer, is moving from barley and hops to cannabis as the alcohol industry casts its sights on the burgeoning market for state-sanctioned marijuana.

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