Senator Jennifer Veiga's Senate Bill 82 is now in the hands of the Business and Labor Committee. This bill would allow liquor, beer, and wine to be sold on Sundays.
The other bill to allow supermarkets to sell regular beer and wine, introduced by Senator Brandon Shaffer, is also in process. Interestingly, the law as it exists now allows each grocery chain to have a single location in Colorado that does sell wine and beer (not on Sunday, either) but I am not aware of any of those locations. Can anybody point me to one? Regardless, let's hope this bill goes down hard.
An op-ed in the Rocky Mountain News today says this won't hurt liquor stores because the grocery stores will only have a limited selection due to shelf space limitations. I strongly disagree with this and believe that independent liquor stores WILL be hurt and many will end up closing and people will just take the limited selection from grocery stores. How many people appreciate a really nice bottle of wine or special brew of beer that they will go pick out something more expensive versus taking whatever is cheaper and easier from the grocery store? Some, but not most. Liquor stores will lose that segment regardless and many will go out of business. We will lose choice and selection for sure.
To support Jennifer Veiga for her work on this bill, here is a link to her website to get her a little more exposure:
http://www.jenniferveiga.com/
Also, a link to the op-ed from Peter Blake in the Rocky Mountain News today on this issue:
Blake: I'll drink to these bills
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I think there is a World Market in Cherry Creek that holds a liquor license... I've also heard rumor of a Target somewhere in Denver. The Costco at Quincy and Wadsworth also sells liquor. The Wild Oats that was going into the 29th Street Mall in Boulder was going to have a liquor license, but now that store isn't even opening.
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