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Beer in supermarkets? Two (PA) state senators say not on their watch
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Feb 01, 2007 04:11pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| News Date | Thursday, February 1, 2007 10:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
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"Just as Pennsylvania was threatening to crawl into the 20th century -- never mind the 21st century -- by allowing beer drinkers to buy their beverage of choice at supermarket cafes, two state senators want to kill the whole idea before it has a chance to spread statewide.
At issue is a handful of liquor license applications, now under consideration by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which would allow supermarkets to serve and sell six-packs as long as the sales occur in sit-down, 30-seat cafes that are separated by a wall from the rest of the store.
"There has to be in-store dining -- seats, chairs," state LCB member P. J. Stapleton said at a wide-ranging hearing yesterday convened by the state Senate's Law and Justice Committee, chaired by state Sen. John Rafferty, R-Montgomery. Mr. Stapleton has been serving as LCB chairman in the three weeks since the abrupt resignation of former chairman Jonathan Newman. "They have to provide food. And they also have to be able to have a separation of the two businesses," he said.
That means they'd have separate cash registers, and even, in some cases, separate cashiers, to make sure that the cashiers who ring up the beer are at least 18 years old, as required by state law.
The possible presence of under-18 cashiers is one reason Mr. Rafferty wants to prevent supermarkets from selling beer.
Soon, Mr. Rafferty said, he and Monroeville Democratic Sen. Sean Logan plan to introduce a bill that would close what, in his eyes, is a potentially harmful loophole. "I'm very concerned over the age issue, [the] possible sales to minors," he said." |
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