From the ALTOONA MIRROR:
A recent proposal to allow convenience and grocery stores to sell beer in Pennsylvania – without on-premises consumption – will put distributors out of business, shrink the workforce, generate violations, aggravate problem drinking, reduce availability of craft brands, hurt taverns and be generally unfair, local distributors said…
The Rafferty proposal could lead to more problem drinking because beer would become more easily available, and because food stores might use beer as a “loss leader” to lure customers in to buy other products, Weyant said…
Specialty beers would likely become hard-to-get, because the food stores wouldn’t have room for them and the distributors would be gone, Rawlings said…
The practice of stopping for a couple beers before driving home from a tavern with a six-pack is hardly one the state should encourage, he suggested.
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