Grismalkin wrote:
>>> Liquor store operators oppose
>>>supermarket sales. Relatively few outlets open on Sunday, mostly
>>>because there's not enough business.
>
>
> Here in Colorado there is an old "blue law" that prohibits liquour sales on
> Sundays. I think the liquor stores like it this way. We can only buy 3.2 beer
> or wine coolers at grocery stores. So much for one-stop shopping!
>
> Many of the liquour stores here are run sort of Mom-&-Pop and they seem to have
> no other employees than mom and pop. They probably like having one day off a
> week.
>



I believe that in Colorado all liquor stores are
independent, i.e. state law forbids an owner from
holding more than one liquor license, therefore
no chain stores and no liquor in grocery stores.
There are a few mega stores, but in general their
prices are not much better than the smaller stores.

When I lived in Massachusetts, you couldn't get a
drink in a restuarant before 1PM on Sunday and
liquor licenses were prohibited within x feet of
a church or school. As late as the 60's (before
the advent of malls), no retail was open Sundays.
The exception was that small stores and druggists who
sold the Sunday newspaper were allowed to open "for
convenience."

gloria p