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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