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In Nevada's Lucrative Wholesale Liquor Market, Two Companies Dominate.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2001
By Sharon Gerrie, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 17--Liquor wholesalers in Nevada have plenty of reason to toast their good fortune. With thousands of casinos, bars and other retail liquor outlets buying millions of dollars worth of liquor each year, there's plenty of money to be made here.
Still, capturing a share of that huge wholesale liquor market can be a sobering experience for wholesale companies, especially if they're not one of the two big companies that control 95 percent of the state's wholesale liquor market.
There are 23 licensed wholesalers in Nevada, but for all practical purposes there are really only two: Southern Wine & Spirits, 4500 Wynn Road, and DeLuca Liquor & Wine, 1849 W....
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