ALTOONA MIRROR-
…On Tuesday, 215 employees of Sheetz Inc. bused here to rally in support of a bill to reform the state Liquor Code to let supermarkets – and convenience stores like Sheetz – to sell beer over the counter without allowing on-premises consumption.
The company previously sold beer at its largest Altoona store but lost the privilege after the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of beer distributors, who sued based on a liquor code interpretation that even the Liquor Control Board disagreed with.
The new initiative proposed by State Sen. John Rafferty, R-Montgomery, would circumvent that ruling, while assuaging opposition by freezing the number of establishment licenses, requiring merchants to card everyone and lifting quantity restrictions on sales by distributors, restaurants and bars.
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