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Analysis of Municipal
<br />Liquor Store Operations
<br />for 1981
<br />ARNE H. CARLSON, Stale Auditor
<br />There were 359 cities in Minnesota operating
<br />ON AND Off SALE STORES
<br />772 MUNICIPALITIES
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<br />municipal liquor stores during 1981. Two hundred and
<br />Percent
<br />seventy-two were on and off -sale stores, while 87 were
<br />Item
<br />Amount
<br />of Saks
<br />off -sale only.
<br />Sales .....$86,769,197
<br />100.0
<br />Cost of Sales ..............
<br />54,223,709
<br />62.5
<br />Gross Profit
<br />$32,545,488
<br />37.5
<br />Municipal liquor store sales totaled $146.152.224 in
<br />O.....
<br />Operating Expense ..
<br />.. 26,319, 715
<br />30.3
<br />1981 as compared to 1980 Sales of $140,869,427. an in-
<br />Income from
<br />crease of $5.3 million. Cost of Sales rose from 68.4 per-
<br />Operations
<br />-$2,921,057
<br />cent to 68.8 percent in 1981. Operating expense
<br />e
<br />Non operating Revenues
<br />2,
<br />3.2
<br />amounted to 23.9 percent of Sales, as compared to 23.4
<br />Non -operating Expenses
<br />381.356
<br />0.4
<br />0.1
<br />percent in 1980. Operating income of $10.618.11W. or
<br />Net Income .....
<br />761,474
<br />.$8.765,474
<br />10.1
<br />7.3 percent of Sales, was down $896,538 when com-
<br />o Other
<br />Contributions to Other
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<br />pared to the preceding year.
<br />Municipal funds
<br />Municipal F
<br />85,914,511
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<br />Contributions of municipal liquor store profits To
<br />ei
<br />n
<br />other municipal funds was up in 1981, amounting to
<br />OEbsAtf ONLY STORES
<br />37 MLwIaPAUSLES
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<br />S9,586,768 as compared to $8,774,721 in 1980. Twenty
<br />Percent
<br />stores showed contributions to the city governmental
<br />Item
<br />Amount
<br />of Saks
<br />funds of $700,000 or more in 1981, while 73 stores made
<br />Sales -
<br />$59.383,027
<br />100.0
<br />no contribution in 1981 and 14 required contributions
<br />Cost or Sales
<br />46,323,646
<br />78.0
<br />from governmental funds.
<br />Gross Profit ...
<br />$13,059.381
<br />22.0
<br />Operating Expense
<br />8,666.294
<br />14.6
<br />Twenty-seven municipal liquor stores had gross Sales
<br />Income from
<br />in 1981 in excess of $1 million and two -Edina and
<br />Operations
<br />$4.393.087
<br />7.4
<br />Richfield -had sales of $6.1 million and $5.6 million,
<br />Non -operating Revenues
<br />.9b1,565
<br />1.6
<br />respectively. The most profitable municipal liquor store
<br />Non -operating Expenses
<br />149,034
<br />0.2
<br />was St. Anthony with an operating income of $399.487.
<br />Net Income
<br />. S5,205.618
<br />8.8
<br />followed by Edina and Richfield. Thirty stores had net in
<br />Contributions to Other
<br />comes of over $100.000 in 1961. Net income for all
<br />Municipal Funds
<br />_ $3,672.257
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<br />stores amounted to $13.971,092, an average of 9.6 Pet -
<br />sr
<br />cent of sales.
<br />Comparative operating income results for all store,
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<br />ALL STORES
<br />359 MUNICIPALITIES
<br />as a Percentof sales are presented below.
<br />Percent
<br />Percent of Saks
<br />Item
<br />Amount
<br />of Saks
<br />1981 1960
<br />Sales
<br />$146.152,224
<br />100.0
<br />On and Off -sale Stores 7.2 83
<br />Cost of Sales
<br />100,547,355
<br />68.8
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<br />Off -sale Only Stores 7A 8.0
<br />Gross Prafil
<br />$45,604,869
<br />31.2
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<br />All Stores . ....... 7.3 82
<br />Operating Expense
<br />34.986,009
<br />23.9
<br />Income from
<br />Operations
<br />..$10,618.860
<br />7.3
<br />Thnty-seven municipal liquor stores suffered
<br />Non -operating Revenues ....
<br />.. 3,882,622
<br />2.7
<br />operating losses in 1981, while 16 stores had nel losses.
<br />Non -operating Expenses ..
<br />530,390
<br />0.4
<br />Eleven stores were closed during 1981. A summary slate
<br />Net Income
<br />- S13,971.092
<br />9.6
<br />Trent of 1981 municipal liquor store operations is
<br />Contributions to Other
<br />presented in The next column.
<br />Municipal Funds
<br />_$9.586.768
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<br />MINNESOIACITIES
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