Liquor & Wine Stores Payment Processing in Michigan
Michigan is our home state. Available to liquor and wine stores in all 50 states.
Michigan liquor stores work under a system few states have. The state is the wholesaler for spirits and sets a minimum shelf price, so stores cannot undercut each other on bottle price. LimnPay helps Michigan liquor and wine stores protect margin where they can control it: what they pay to accept cards.
What Michigan liquor and wine stores deal with
Minimum shelf prices squeeze margin
Spirits in Michigan cannot be sold below the state's minimum shelf price, which is built from state taxes and the state markup. With price competition on bottles limited, the cost of accepting cards is one of the few levers an owner controls.
Price changes a few times a year
The state allows spirit price changes up to four times a year. Your POS and shelf tags have to keep up, and processing should not add another moving part.
Deposit returns on beer and mixers
Beer, pop, and mixed spirit drinks carry Michigan's 10-cent deposit, so liquor stores also run a returns counter and pay out cash.
Category POS systems
Many Michigan stores run POS software built for the liquor category. We confirm your processing works with it before anything changes.
How we would set up a Michigan liquor store
Every pricing option is on the table: dual pricing, cash discount, or interchange-plus, quoted from your real statement. Our Birmingham team can come on-site for installs. See all pricing options on our liquor & wine stores page.