The day before Thanksgiving is typically the busiest day of the year at Utah’s 45 state-owned liquor stores and the tradition is expected to continue in 2017, according to the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Last year, the state set a record on the Wednesday before the November holiday, reaching $3.38 million in liquor sales, DABC statistics show. On that day, consumers also purchased 342,161 bottles of wine, heavy-beer and spirits, also a record.
And based on sales numbers from this past weekend, the state may well surpass last year’s numbers, DABC spokesman Terry Wood said.