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FunLife64 t1_j6zcvgw wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in If only Trader Joe off Wickeden was like the one at Patriots Place… by WetNetBet

Some places only allow grocery stores to sell beer and wine - no hard alcohol. I think that’s a good balance.

Most grocery stores aren’t going to sell a very unique/good selection of beer or wine.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j6zebhj wrote

i think there was a ballot measure in colorado this year about it? idk.

to me, the expanded access benefits national and international chains more than the consumer and it hurts smaller businesses that are more likely to be independent. there is no universe where "i need to procure alcohol and get groceries" was some impossible task because a second store was involved.

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FunLife64 t1_j6zfagb wrote

Well it’s the anti-2023 mindset of convenience. It’s like insisting on not having tap and pay because we were functioning fine with paying cash.

Most wine/beer are large/national brands with significant backing and distributed whether you go to a liquor store or a grocery store. I’ve seen Whole Foods and even major chain grocery stores have local beers because that’s what is popular.

It’s not like all of the PVD liquor stores are selling wines that were shipped directly to to them by the middle class family who owns a little grape farm in Tuscany.

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Wonderful_Ad_7235 t1_j6zmn21 wrote

There’s very little profit on liquor, that’s one reason why grocery stores don’t want it. Grocery stores tend to be chains and have way more buying power than independent retailers. They’ll squeeze the little guys where the profit is: wine. Anyway eventually that plaza will be a corporate copycat of all the cool shops that already exist on and around wickenden, and then when those little shops are gone everyone will pretend to be sad when telling tales of where “so & so used to be.”

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