Southport percentage highest
All county ABC stores
report profits for year
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Brunswick County’s two Alco
holic Beverage Control stores and
the nine ABC stores operated by
municipalities all reported profits
for the 1995-96 fiscal year that
ended last June 30.
Southport's ABC store reported a
profit percentage of 10.37 percent
before distributions and leads the
list of 11 stores locally. Brunswick
County’s two stores reported a prof
it percentage of 4.85 percent,
according to figures compiled by
the North Carolina ABC Board.
The Town of Navassa opened its
ABC store on January 24, 1996, and
figures on its operations were not
available in this report.
Profits from ABC sales are distrib
uted annually to local law enforce
ment, for alcohol education and
research and to counties or munici
palities. The average profit percent
to sales for ABC stores with mixed
beverage sales in the state was 10.03
percent, while the average percent
age for ABC stores without mixed
beverage sales was 5.10 percent.
Statewide, liquor sales increased
1.58 percent last year and mixed
beverage sales were up 6.55 per
cent. For the fiscal year, sales
totaled $363.6 million across the
state compared to $355.7 million the
previous year, an increase of $7.9
million in sales.
The number of regular bottles sold
statewide actually decreased by 1.7
percent for the period, but mixed
beverage bottles were up 5.9 per
cent. The number of mini-bottles
sold continues to climb steadily, this
past year up 15.2 percent as 8.5 mil
lion of the single-serve bottles were
sold in the state’s 395 stores.
The following are annual reports
on the county’s 11 stores:
Williamson is among
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Ocean Isle Beach mayor Betty
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Gov. Jim Hunt will present medal
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■ Brunswick County (Holden
Beach and Maco stores): retail
sales, $974,022; operating expens
es, $213,861; profit before distribu
tion, $53,974; profit percent to
sales, 4.85; regular bottles sold,
93,915; mixed beverage bottles
sold, 9,465; mini-bottles sold.
33,658; total bottles, 103,380.
■ Southport: retail sales.
$475,371; operating expenses,
$88,335; profit before distribution,
$63,238; profit percent to sales,
10.37; regular bottles sold, 45,382;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 8,402;
mini-bottles sold, 11,037; total bot
tles sold, 53,784.
■ Long Beach: retail sales,
$440,620; operating expenses,
$104,145; profit before distribution,
$32,075; profit percent to sales,
5.72; regular bottles sold, 41,582;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 8,351;
mini-bottles sold, 8,617; total bot
tles sold, 49,933.
■ Yaupon Beach: retail sales,
$418,122; operating expenses,
$88,396; profit before distribution,
$30,214; profit percent to sales,
6.21; regular bottles sold, 39,258;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 4,700;
mini-bottles sold, 8,264; total bot
tles sold, 43,958.
■ Boiling Spring Lakes: retail
sales, $188,779; operating expens
es, $40,480; profit before distribu
tion, $3,835; profit percent to sales,
2.02; regular bottles sold, 18,462;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 149;
mini-bottles sold, 5,899; total bot
ties sold, 18,611.
■ Belville: retail sales, $608,432;
operating expenses, $113,887; prof
it before distribution, $27,865; prof
it percent to sales, 4.55; regular bot
tles sold, 62,711; mixed beverage
bottles sold, none; mini-bottles sold,
26,882; total bottles sold, 62,711.
■ Ocean Isle Beach: retail sales,
$555,403; operating expenses,
$90,323; profit before distribution,
$55,732; profit percent to sales,
9.09; regular bottles sold, 50,043;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 3,573;
mini-bottles sold, 19,362; total bot
tles sold, 53,616.
■ Shallotte: retail sales,
$594,654; operating expenses,
$107,302; profit before distribution,
$34,768; percent profit to sales,
5.52; regular bottles sold, 59,912;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 2,011;
mini-bottles sold, 15,965; total bot
tles sold, 61,923.
■ Sunset Beach: retail sales,
$451,777; operating expenses,
$115,802; profit before distribution,
$10,504; percent profit to sales,
1.98; regular bottles sold, 38,136;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 5,317;
mini-bottles sold, 14,823; total bot
tles sold, 43,453.
■ Calabash: retail sales,
$626,603; operating expenses,
$137,728; profit before distribution,
$33,012; percent profit to sales,
4.39; regular bottles sold, 53,220;
mixed beverage bottles sold, 8,359;
mini-bottles sold, 28,618; total bot
tles sold, 61,579.
Photo by Jim Harper
Mooring lines go over as the Coast Guard buoy tender Gentian conies alongside the Southport city pier on
a recent visit. The Gentian is the only regular visitor to the pier, though other government vessels (including
the ferry Southport again this week) use the facility from time to time.
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