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Hundreds of the state s package and convenience stores are worried that a bill proposed in the Connecticut Legislature could hurt their businesses by allowing grocery stores to sell wine, and big box stores to sell beer. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
CONNECTICUT Hundreds of the state s package and convenience stores have banded together to oppose a new bill in the Connecticut Legislature that would allow grocery stores to sell wine, and big box stores to sell beer.
HB6101 An Act Concerning Various Issues Related to the Liquor Control Act contains the two provisions mentioned above, and also would allow restaurants to continue to include alcohol with takeout orders for the next three years, well beyond when the coronavirus pandemic is expected to subside. Connecticut s restaurants already are allowed to do that by executive order from Gov. Ned Lamont, but the proposed bill would extend it.
Package store owners: Wine sales in supermarkets will threaten them
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Supermarkets in Connecticut would be able to sell wine under legislation that was the focus of a public hearing in the General Assembly on Thursday.Guiseppe Barranco / Guiseppe Barranco /The Enterprise
Hundreds of neighborhood package stores could be in danger of going out of business if the legislature allows supermarket chains to sell wine, state lawmakers were warned Thursday.
During a virtual public hearing before the General Law Committee, retailers including Maureen Abrahamson, who along with her husband Mark owns Mo’s Wine & Spirits in Fairfield, charged that a proposed bill threatens the livelihoods of more than 1,250 package stores with 15,000 employees statewide.