Push for wine sales in grocery stores

Fri, Oct 8th 2010, 08:00 PM

By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardianâ Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com

Solomon's Super Center is celebrating in its 10-year anniversary by lobbying for change for the next decade, with executives calling for the approval of wine sales in local grocery stores.
After all, said CEO Gavin Watchorn, the practice is ubiquitous in most American and European markets.
"Maybe certain traditions need to challenged,"he told Guardian Business."It's well beyond time that the sale of wine in food stores should be allowed... the consumer who buys wine in the food store is generally not going to go in a liquor store.
It's housewives preparing dinner.
"It's a market segment that ...

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