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Package store owners: Wine sales in supermarkets will threaten them FacebookTwitterEmail 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. ....