Had to pick up chow for the dogs this morning and while zipping through Safeway I noticed some booze on the aisle ends. As I drink Bloody Mary's ( Mr. T ) with hot sauce I buy cheap Vodka as the Russian is wasted in the fire storm of spice's. They did not have what I usually buy but did have another that I have purchased.

So at the state store I was 23.95 but Safeway it was 13.99 minus two for the Club Card so 11.99 plus 6.60 tax for a total of 18.59 which was 5.36 under the state store. That is the good news. The bad is several higher priced brands would be more with the tax.

Lady behind me had a bottle of Bourbon and lord when she saw the tax amount about had a fit. Seems she never had seen the state taxes broken out before. It should be interesting to see this play out as posted in another thread the stores are going to sue the state Liquor Board on efforts to limit competition and drive up prices.