by KYW's Tony Romeo 2/16/10
Supermarket and convenience store workers rallied on Tuesday at the state capitol in Harrisburg, in support of the right of their employers to sell beer in Pennsylvania.
Backed by a fife and drum corps, dozens of supermarket and convenience store workers –- many of them on the clock -– carried signs at a rally pushing another attempt by lawmakers to relax laws governing beer sales in Pennsylvania.
State senator John Rafferty (R-Montgomery, Chester, Berks) thinks the Wegmans supermarket chain, which has zero violations for alcohol sales to minors, has the answer:
“They have a 100-percent carding policy. You need to show an ID an order to purchase alcohol in a Wegmans. That’s going to be part of the legislation we’re introducing.”
In addition to allowing grocery stores to sell beer, Rafferty’s legislation would also allow beer distributors -- who currently have to sell beer by the case or keg -- to sell six-packs.
Restaurants and taverns, currently limited to sales of two six-packs, would be allowed to sell from a six-pack to up to a case.
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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/84479852.html
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