America’s Beer, Wine and Spirits Retailers
Statements American Beverage Institute Washington, D.C.—Today the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officially recommended that policymakers lower the legal threshold for drunk driving from 0.08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.05 percent as part of its “Safety Report on Eliminating Impaired Driving.” The American Beverage Institute (ABI), a restaurant trade association with over 8,000 [...]
Albany– The New York State Liquor Store Association has elected its Leadership Team for the 2013 Membership Year. The following individuals were elected to serve: Thomas Edwards, Owner of Fox and Hound Wine & Spirits in New Paltz, was elected President. Steve Carpenter, Owner of the Liquor & Wine Warehouse in Plattsburgh, was elected Vice [...]
Sky Ranch Foundation, a charitable organization established more than 50 years ago with generous gifts from companies and organizations associated with the beverage alcohol industry, announced today that it is making a $10,000 donation to the Red Hook Initiative (RHI) in support of the Initiative’s Hurricane Sandy relief work in the Red Hook (Brooklyn, NY) [...]
INDIANAPOLIS –Central Indiana advocates for responsible drinking are emphasizing Indiana’s new Lifeline Law as the holiday season is set to begin. Ray Cox, owner of Elite Beverages and member of the Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers (IABR), and Natalie Roberts, Senior Vice President of Monarch Beverage, joined with State Senator Jim Merritt and Attorney General [...]
The Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) has released national survey results regarding alcohol regulation. “Americans overwhelmingly agree that alcohol is a unique product that is not like other consumer goods, which is why they believe it needs to be treated differently,” said Patrick Lynch, former Rhode Island Attorney General, former president of the National Association [...]
Via Lexington Herald-Leader: By John Cheves — jcheves@herald-leader.com A federal judge issued his final order Tuesday in a case allowing Kentucky grocery stores to sell wine and liquor. But don’t rush to the store for happy hour just yet. U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II in Louisville said he’ll give the parties in the case until [...]
From the Lexington Herald-Reader: A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Kentucky law prohibiting grocery and convenience stores from selling wine and distilled spirits is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II of Louisville said the state law “violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause in that it prohibits certain grocery stores, gas stations [...]
Via DrinksBusiness Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth [r]esearchers analysed 1,261 ad samples for alcopops, beer, spirits or wine that appeared more than 2,500 times in 11 different magazines that are likely to have at least a 15% youth readership. Each ad was looked at by different risk codes such as injury content, over-consumption content, addiction [...]
Dollar growth up 14% in first six months of 2012; Total brewery count hits 125-year high Boulder, CO • August 6, 2012—The Brewers Association (BA), the trade association representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, has released strong mid-year numbers for America’s small and independent craft brewers1. Dollar sales were up 14 percent in the first half [...]
A public-private initiative to promote a recent report, Responsible Retailing Practices for On-Premises Alcohol Serving Establishments, will be presented on the final day of the 10th annual Responsible Retailing Forum in Boston, MA, hosted by the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. Stakeholder organizations that had worked with RRF and the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association [...]
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