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said he knows people well.
"You know what people people want,
honest and everyday low prices."
After being part-owner of a grocery
story for a quarter of a century, Barker
opened his liquor store six years ago.
Now the Still is second only to N Street
Drive in in volume.
Barker responded with a challenge:
"I'll put my everyday low prices against
N Street anyday.
Another champion of cheap prices is
Mike Hughes, owner of Mike's 0 Street
Drive-in. Hughes says his kegs are the
cheapest in town.
"If you find a cheaper price in town
I'll beat it," he said.
After Hughes threw down the gaun
tlet, the manager of the state's largest
liquor store, N Street, said "he's look
ing for volume. If he wants to do that,
let him, we'll sell something else."
In response to Hughes' keg prices, N
Street is advertising select kegs for
about $25, beating Mike's prices by $2.
How low will they go?
We'll never know! We've interrupted
again. We're tired of this rot and so are
you. We're leading Davis to the nearest
pub for a round of the cheap stuff.
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Bill Barker holds up a sampling of Lincoln's cheapest 6-packs.
yd. TOma J Beers' most drunk
beer in Lincoln, distributors say
By Geoff Goodwin
Staff Reporter
Its advertisements refer to it as
"The King of Beers" and Budweiser
apparently is just that in Lincoln, at
least among beer distributors.
Jerry Rocke, manager of Lincoln
Beer Distributing Co., said Budweiser
has the largest share both of the
local and national market.
Rocke cited two factors for Bud's
popularity.
"They just spend more in adver
tising," he said. "They get their
name before the public more."
The other reason, Rocke said, is
that "college students in bars buy
Bud because that's what's avail
able." He said Bud is by far the most
popular beer on tap in Lincoln, fol
lowed by Lite and Miller. He said
Bud Light is also gaining in
popularity.
An informal survey of several area
liquor stores indicated that while
. Bud is a popular off-sale item, it has
stiff competition from other brands.
Susan Johnson Russell, owner of
South Street Liquor, said that Miller
and Bud are the most popular sellers
in her store but added "this is a very
good Old Milwaukee store and we
sell a lot of Milwaukee's Best, too."
Russell said Old Milwaukee was
popular because of her clientele.
"We have a lot of working-class
people and students come in," she
said. "This is definitely a neighbor
hood store and that leads to a stable
environment."
Zane Janousek, a clerk at The
Still, said that Busch, Old Milwau
kee and Bud are the most popular
brews at the store.
Kevin Correll, a clerk at Herm's,
said that Coors Light and Old Mil
waukee are very popular with
customers.
Correll said he thinks raising the
drinking age has had little effect on
business.
"I haven't noticed any difference,"
Correll said. "I think everyone has
adjusted."
Correll said he thought minors
were solving the problem of buying
beer by having older friends or rela
tives do it for them.
Russell agreed that her business
has suffered little from the increase
in the drinking age.
"We don't really cater to the col
lege crowd like some of the bars
downtown do," she said.
She did say, however, that the
liquor business has been in a slump
for the last couple of years.
"I think it's a combination of
things the DWI laws are getting
tougher, the economy is down and
there's an abundance of liquor
licenses," Russell said.
Correll said wine-coolers have'
become popular items in the last
few months.
"We sell a lot of Bartles and
James and Seagram's," he said.
Russell agreed that wine coolers
are booming.
"They're the big thing now," she
said. "They've taken the market
away from the wine and hard liquor
business."
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