Liquor Stores Income Fund Announces August Cash Distribution

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2009) - Liquor Stores Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:LIQ.UN) announced today a cash distribution of $0.135 per trust unit for the month of August 2009. The distribution will be paid on September 15, 2009, to holders of record of trust units on August 31, 2009.

The Fund's policy is to pay cash distributions on or about the 15th of each month to unitholders of record on the last business day of the preceding month.

About Liquor Stores Income Fund

Liquor Stores Income Fund is a publicly traded Canadian income trust that participates in the retail liquor industry in Alberta, British Columbia and Alaska through its 82.1% interest in Liquor Stores Limited Partnership, which operates the largest number of private liquor stores in Canada by number of stores. Liquor Stores Limited Partnership currently operates or has investments in 225 stores, including 19 Brown Jug locations in Alaska. Liquor Stores Income Fund trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LIQ.UN. For additional information about Liquor Stores Income Fund, visit www.sedar.com and the Fund's website at www.liquorstoresincomefund.ca.