Denver's liquor stores are not OK. “We’re screwed,” one shopowner says now that wine is sold in grocery stores.
of the vote. The measure granted any store already licensed to sell malt beverages the ability to sell wine, too.As of March, about 3,500 food and beverage retailers called Colorado home, bringing in more than $2 billion in gross sales, according todata. That’s a little more than March 2022, with reports showing around 3,350 retailers, with $1.8 billion in sales.
Months after the wine sales went into effect, some consumers still haven’t clocked much of a difference. “We took a huge hit,” Von Feldt said. “I’d sure like to not see every single small liquor store close in this state.” “As soon as it went into effect, we started feeling it right away,” said President Josh Robinson. “I think it’s only going to get worse.”
Its team, which is between 80 to 85 members, is also smaller these days, with around five fewer full-time employees. The Colorado Licensed Beverage Association’s Fine attributes the downturn among independent liquor stores to several factors: a lack of foot traffic, the economy’s impact on consumers and Colorado’s now-saturated market.
Today, “we have seen folks who have got out of the business” by selling their establishments, Fine said, although his association hasn’t yet seen “mass closings.”
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