Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
 
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Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of Directors
 
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Retail Operations [3 VAC 5 ‑ 50]
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11/3/25  6:52 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

observation from a very frequent visitor to RVA
 

For a state that espouses economic libertarianism (i.e., the government should take a laissez faire approach to commerce) and trying to not restrict individual rights, it's always odd to see your command-and-control economy ABC Stores when grocery stores elsewhere have this this sorta thing down. I hadn't heard of the happy hour restrictions until recently: why can't a business owner fix their alcohol prices and promote them at whatever time they choose? Is there a market failure that you can point to? 

Of course, if you want to solve for market failures, try bringing a Mamdani-style grocery with actual produce into a food ghetto. Oh, that's communism!

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