What Do The Bodegas Think?

The battle lines have been drawn in the debate over whether Connecticut should allow alcohol sales on Sunday. On one side of the battle is the package stores who contend that allowing sales on Sunday will not increase sales (and therefore tax revenue) and Senate Republican leader John McKinney who contends that allowing Sunday sales would hurt small businesses. On the other side of the coin, the supermarkets and other proponents of Sunday sales say lifting the Sunday ban will increase sales and tax revenues.

A Guide To Hartford Liquor Stores

As a follow up to Jumper's popular Guide To Hartford Supermarkets, we present: A Guide To Hartford Liquor Stores. Since we obviously couldn't visit them all, we selected a random cross sample of stores. Being the great innovators we are, we came up with a system to measure prices that we think will catch on with economists; the basket of goods. In our basket of goods we measured the prices of (1) a 30 pack of Bud Light cans, (2) a 12 pack of Heineken bottles, and (3) a 750 ML bottle of Jameson. Sounds like a party. Let's go shopping!