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Liquor stores and supermarkets clash over alcohol sale regulations

After dodging what would have been a well-financed ballot campaign to lift the cap on alcohol licenses for food stores, Massachusetts package store owners told lawmakers they've come to the table with a compromise that is essential for their future survival.

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Package stores forcing Beacon Hill to examine retail landscape

While the convenience of one-stop shopping has proven popular with consumers, package store owners say the ability of large corporations to dominate the marketplace and rewrite the rules in their favor is threatening their livelihoods.

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How might liquor laws change in Massachusetts?

A proposal from the Massachusetts Package Stores Association would double the number of allowable licenses any one retailer can hold but reduce the cap on licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages.

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Mass liquor stores say they have enough signatures to advance ballot question

Liquor stores say they have met a key hurdle to launching a ballot measure to counter efforts by big chains to eliminate limits on the number of stores that can alcohol in Massachusetts. The ballot measure would double the number of liquor licenses that can be held by a single company.

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