swilliams / SCOTT WILLIAMS,
scott.williams@journaltimes.com
Employee Andrew Hoegsted pours a soft drink behind the bar at
Old Settlers Bowling Center in Union Grove, one of the businesses
that have been required to get a license from the village to sell
soda pop.
UNION GROVE â Union Grove is joining other Wisconsin cities in getting out of the business of regulating who can sell soda pop.
A state law dating back to the Prohibition era allowed local government to license businesses that sell soft drinks, whether by the bottle or by the gallon. It had functioned similarly to a liquor license, where itâs illegal for businesses to sell booze (or, in this case, Coke or Pepsi or Sprite) without government approval.