As the U.S. Postal Service
faces $15 billion in losses this year as fewer people send mail, one of
the ways it hopes to raise money is by shipping alcohol.
Private carriers have been shipping alcohol for decades, but the postal service is prevented by law from engaging in the same business.
This week, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said he hopes the agency can deliver alcoholic beverages and thereby raise $50 million a year.
“There’s a lot of money to be made in shipping beer, wine and spirits,” Donahoe told the Associated Press on Thursday. “We’d like to be in that business.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/08/postal-service-considers-cutting-into-alcohol-shipping-business/
Private carriers have been shipping alcohol for decades, but the postal service is prevented by law from engaging in the same business.
This week, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said he hopes the agency can deliver alcoholic beverages and thereby raise $50 million a year.
“There’s a lot of money to be made in shipping beer, wine and spirits,” Donahoe told the Associated Press on Thursday. “We’d like to be in that business.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/08/postal-service-considers-cutting-into-alcohol-shipping-business/
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