Small liquor stores make their case at Capitol hoping to keep minimum pricing

HARTFORD — Small business owners lined up at the legislative office building Wednesday evening to ask lawmakers to maintain minimum prices for alcohol sales in the state. Current law forces liquor stores, large and small, to sell at prices put into place by liquor wholesalers. But Governor Dan Malloy wants to open pricing decisions up to the business owner. Small liquor store owners insist that would give big box stores a big advantage. “Every business needs to get a profit […