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WARREN LIQUOR AGENCY RELOCATES

(Columbus) -- Rae Ann Estep, Superintendent of the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control, announced that the contract liquor agency doing business as the Warren Beverage and Liquor Agency, which was formerly located at 2025 Elm Rd., relocated today to 501 W. Market St., in Warren.

Owned by Louis Kondoleon and Thano Kapolis of Kapkon, Inc, the new agency is open for spirituous liquor sales from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

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The Division of Liquor Control is responsible for controlling the manufacture, distribution and sale of all alcoholic beverages in the state. The division sells spirituous liquor through nearly 400 private, contract liquor agencies in the state. Liquor sales and tax revenues are returned to the state's General Revenue Fund, and are also earmarked for a number of other state services including the retirement of economic development bonds and state liquor enforcement. Regulatory functions handled by the division include the issuance of permits to the state's approximately 24,000 privately owned and operated manufacturers, distributors and retailers of alcoholic beverages, and industry compliance of the laws relating to the manufacture, importation and distribution of beer, wine and mixed beverages containing less than 21 percent alcohol by volume in Ohio.

As one of the state's chief regulatory agencies, the Department of Commerce is responsible for numerous regulatory functions carried out by its other divisions of Financial Institutions, Securities, Real Estate, Unclaimed Funds, Labor and Worker Safety, Industrial Compliance, and State Fire Marshal. The department's internet address is www.com.state.oh.us

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