The new rules offer convenience for shoppers, but many independent liquor stores are worried about the effect it will have on business.
Shelves at a Safeway store in Denver were cleared and ready to be filled with wine on the morning of March 1.Less than four months after passing with just 50.6 percent of the vote, Proposition 125 goes into effect in Colorado on March 1. The measure was one of three major proposals involving state liquor laws decided in the 2022 election; it allows grocery and convenience stores that are licensed to sell beer to add wine to their offerings.
All told, around 1,900 stores in the state have been working to clear shelf space in preparation for the shift, including all Safeway, King Soopers and Trader Joe's locations. At the Safeway on South Downing Street near the University of Denver, both sides of a long shelf were empty on the morning of March 1, with cases of wine on dollies, ready to be stocked. Price labels were already in place, some offering special member pricing for Safeway card holders.
While the ability to pick up a bottle of vino with your groceries is a convenience many shoppers welcome, independent liquor stores worry about its effect on business.In the same parking lot as the Downing Street Safeway is Morgan's Liquors, which has been owned by Jim Archibald and his wife for two decades.
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