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List of Alcohol Manufacturers

Frequently requested lists

WRA’s Guide to Understanding Liquor Privatization (PDF, 2MB)

Training requirements for retailers adopted by Liquor Control Board

Liquor Control Board will continue carrying 99% of product through May

Progress on 1183 implementation continues

WRA and coalition partners respond to I-1183 lawsuit

Products and Distributors

Brands by Supplier and Broker

Spirits, Wine and Beer Distributors

Craft Distillery Directory

Time-frame

January 2012: The Liquor Control Board begins divesting itself from its current business operations as prescribed in the initiative.
March 1, 2012: Distillers and spirits distributors may be begin to sell spirits directly to restaurants.
June 1, 2012: Spirits retail license holders may begin to sell spirits
June 1, 2012: All state liquor stores must be closed and liquor inventory must be depleted
June 1, 2013: All asset sales must be closed. Any state store or Distribution Center assets remaining after this date will be managed by the Department of Revenue.

(Source: Washington State Liquor Control Board)

Fact Sheets

Central Warehousing (effective December 8, 2011) ^New
Wine Retailer Reseller Endorsement (effective December 8, 2011) ^New
Spirits Distributor Liquor License (effective March 1, 2012) ^New
Spirits Certificate of Approval Liquor License (effective March 1, 2012) ^New
Spirits Retail Liquor License (Effective June 1, 2012) ^New

(Source: Washington State Liquor Control Board)

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Events

Hotels wake up to designers’, guests’ concerns about coffee service

Architect David Thompson is responsible for the look of FIG, Indaco, Butcher & Bee and The Grocery, among other local restaurants, but also works on assorted hotel projects. Even in those cases, though, he’s forced to think about guests’ food-and-drink preferences. (The Post and Courier)

June 20, 2018

Pizza Hut pledges to drop some chicken antibiotics by 2022

NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) – Yum Brand Inc’s Pizza Hut chain will fully phase out chickens raised with certain antibiotics in its U.S. restaurants by 2022, in the latest push by a major restaurant chain to follow healthier food practices. The restaurant had announced in 2016 plans to remove antibiotics important to human medicine from chicken for its pizzas by the end of March 2017. (Reuters)

June 20, 2018

Starbucks lowers profit forecast, speeds closures of poorly performing stores

Starbucks said its profits will be lower than previously expected this year, and it will close more underperforming stores as part of a multipronged response to what chief executive Kevin Johnson on Tuesday called unacceptably slow growth. The company said comparable sales growth at existing stores, a key measure of retail performance, was expected to be just 1 percent in the current quarter, despite a booming economy and a broadly healthy restaurant industry. (Seattle Times)

June 20, 2018

Tip Pooling Policies – Survey Results

Tip pooling policies are a controversial topic in the restaurant industry – we decided to learn more about tip pooling policies and the effect they have on workers and customers. With the need to raise wages for kitchen workers, plus recent changes to federal regulations and laws governing the distribution of tips, tip pooling policies are an issue everyone in the restaurant industry is familiar with. (Poached)

June 20, 2018