Posts Written OnMarch 17, 2010

Wine In Grocery Stores? The Problem Is the Bureaucratic Mess of a Process

By Jason Feulner, Finger Lakes Correspondent New York's agricultural commissioner can learn something from Danny Wegman when it comes to being direct about an issue. At a news conference on Tuesday, Wegman was willing to be honest about what will happen if New York grocery stores are permitted to sell wine: He'll make more money and some liquor stores will close. "Some liquor store operators say they will lose their jobs. I'm sure that's true, if they don't do a good job,” Wegman said as reported by 13 WHAM-TV in Rochester. He said that hundreds of the state’s liquor stores…