Wine prices "excessive"
» If grocery shops were, .allowed to sell single bottles ‘-of New Zealand wines the, i present prices to the public i could be reduced 20 per cent. • said the manager of a chain, 'of grocery shops (Mr O. V.| j Beaumont) to the Royal! Commission on liquor yester-! • day. Mr Beaumont said that the ; present arrangement for the ; r licensing of wine sellers en-!' ■ sured that anyone who i wished to buy wine was ! ' forced to pay excessive i i prices. » Because of the excessive; ' prices new wine sellers’l j licences grew rapidly to a value far in excess of the . investment involved. “Within the last two weeks in Christchurch 1 was - offered a suburban wine r shop with a weekly turnover; -of $l5OO for a goodwill f figure of $55,000.” , Mr Beaumont refused to a say, under questioning, - whether he thought the sale Jof liquor in grocery shops was desirable.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19731116.2.106
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33384, 16 November 1973, Page 12
Word Count
154Wine prices "excessive" Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33384, 16 November 1973, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.