01/20/2023
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1. Loss of selection means you’ll have less wine to choose from...a lot less.
2. Don’t be fooled by supermarkets’ argument that they’d sell the wines you know and love at a lower price. Based on other states’ experiences, supermarkets would fill their shelves with their own private label wines.
3. Florida permits supermarkets and package stores to sell wine and beer. Thanks to the monopolistic power of their supermarkets, there’s an average of 1 store for every 12,000 people with approximately 1,800 stores in the state. In a short time, Connecticut would end up looking similar to Florida.
Instead of 1,200 stores, Connecticut could end up with just 300 with most towns having just 1. So, getting your wine would be very convenient, but what about the Bourbon, Tequila, or Vodka?
4. Jobs: Losses and a lot of them. It is estimated approximately 4,000 direct jobs are created by the 1200+ package stores in Connecticut. Depending on the store, they provide a range of positions from entry level to higher income, with a majority being upper middle incomes. These jobs support families.
5. Economic Impact: Serious contractions. There is a considerable taxable investment into each Package Store for fixtures, fittings & equipment. Moreover, each store represents a tenant in a commercial real estate development or building. Wine sales in supermarkets presents a direct threat to the local and state revenue due to loss of taxes paid by package stores.
Charitable giving will also suffer. Package stores are some of the very few businesses left representing Main Street. We are connected to the towns in which we live and operate We have a proven track record of giving back to communities who support us.
6. Service: Help yourself wine sales. Make no mistake, the convenience of wine sales in supermarkets comes at a cost. They’re only looking to take advantage of the fact you’re already there and you brought your wallet. Special orders, food pairing suggestions, Specialized stock is the foundation of your local package store and none of this will exist in a supermarket.
7. Easy excesses for minor means parents are more worrying about it. We need more police officer on the ground means more burden and extra work hours for them.
8. Please visit us https://ctwinecustomer.com/ for more details and fact checking.
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