Virginia ABC Stores to Participate in Black Friday Sale
Here’s a press release I received from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control about some specials being offered by Virginia ABC stores on Black Friday. If you’re planning to throw a holiday party or have a beverage connoisseur in the family, it’s a great time to stock up!
Richmond, Va. – Virginia ABC will join other retailers by offering extended hours and discounted prices on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
Most of Virginia ABC’s 338 retail stores will open at 9 a.m. Five stores in Williamsburg, Richmond and Northern Virginia will open at 7 a.m.
All stores will offer a 25 to 50 percent reduction (or more) on selected items as well as 10 percent off any purchase totaling $50 or more (pretax). Early morning specials will remain in effect Nov. 23 at all stores until 3 p.m.
“This is a unique opportunity for our retail customers to purchase quality items at reduced prices,” ABC Chairman J. Neal Insley said. “For individuals interested in trading up to more premium brands for themselves or as gifts, the discount will help offset the higher cost.”
No product will be excluded from the 10 percent discount. Shoppers spending the minimum $50 will receive the discount on everything from miniatures to top-shelf specialty items. During the holiday, ABC stocks gift packages from a variety of vendors that will be included as well. As is true with most retailers, store gift cards, a popular stocking stuffer, will not be discounted.
“ABC encourages Virginians to drink responsibly. As the holiday season approaches, we should be especially mindful of this,” Insley said.
Stores that will open at 7 a.m. include Willow Lawn, Richmond; Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg; Sully Plaza, Chantilly; and two Fairfax stores in Fairfax Court and Fair Lakes Shopping Centers.
November 21, 2012 - 5:00 AM
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This is the only Black Friday sale we’re taking advantage of. My only other Black Friday purchase will be firewood from a guy down the road.
Other John, those seem like smart purchases. I hope he won’t make you arrive at midnight to pick up your firewood!
Our plans got changed substantially…the supplier we ordinarily buy from was out of firewood, but we still got some yesterday…though from a different supplier. And, after walking around Walmart midday Friday after picking up some contact lenses, I spied several deals just too good to pass up, and wound up getting several items that were needed, or on the wish list just waiting to find the right time to buy. But, we avoided the extraneous, unnecessary purchases. In all honesty, waiting until normal-people hours I didn’t see anything that would have been worth camping out for or getting up super early for. Almost all of the big sale items were still in stock, as far as I could tell.