Where does Montgomery County buy its liquor?

Income  per Montgomery County Liquor Store for fiscal year 2013, via Montgomery County  Council

A report commissioned by the county’s Department of Liquor Control shows how much money each of the county’s 25 retail liquor, wine and beer stores brought in from July 2012 to July 2013.

The report was made public last week as DLC Director George Griffin appeared in front of the Council’s Public Safety Committee.

Among the recommendations made by the firm that put together the study was one that included closing or relocating the county’s Chevy Chase liquor store at 11 Wisconsin Circle.

The store lost $278,431 in fiscal year 2013, due in part to a poor location and high rent, according to the report.  Only Montgomery County is allowed to operate a retail store selling liquor in Montgomery County. Of the county’s 25 stores, Chevy Chase was the only one to lose money in fiscal year 2013.

Griffin told the committee that the DLC will look for a new Chevy Chase location that could be ready to go when the current store’s lease is up in two years.

Others in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area performed much better. The county’s liquor store in the Westwood Shopping Center in Westbard (5432 Westbard Ave.) brought in almost $1.3 million in fiscal 2013, good for the third highest net income of the county’s 25 stores.

The county’s Hampden Lane liquor store in the Shoppes of Bethesda (4920 Hampden Lane) brought in almost $1.1 million, good for the sixth highest net income in the county.

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