Liquor store
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A liquor store is a retail business that predominantly sells prepackaged alcoholic beverages, including liquors, wine or beer, usually intended to be consumed off the store's premises. Depending on re
A liquor store in Breckinridge, Colorado, United States (2009)
Bottles of beer and glassware at a beer shop
TASMAC Bar in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Foley's off-licence, Sligo, Ireland
Systembolaget
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Systembolaget, colloquially known as systemet or bolaget, is a government-owned chain of liquor stores and online retailer for alcoholic beverages in Sweden. It is the only retail store allowed to sel
Liquor store
…be bought at Vinmonopolet stores. Sweden – Grocery stores may sell beer no higher than 3.5% ABV. All other alcohol must be purchased in the state-run Systembolaget stores, and it even has some degree of control—also argued to be censorship—over the appearance of the labels. The Twenty-first Amendment of the United…
Systembolaget store at Kungens Kurva in July 2009
Interior of the cashering area of a Systembolaget store with counter service in Växjö, c. 1916
The traditional layout of a Systembolaget store, with counters where customers place their orders (June 2006). Today some stores use supermarket-style self-service.
Self-service Systembolaget in Södertälje, Sweden. This is the normal layout of the Systembolaget stores since the 1990s.