Historic compromise

the state house has tapped the keg for statewide liquor sales in grocery stores. but that won’t happen immediately new tonight, krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller is live with what this means for liquor stores… and for you, the consumer. greg, this bill involves a big compromise. that compromise is what’s going to allow you to pick up a bottle … while your picking up bread at the grocery store. the fear: neighboring liquor stores could go out of business. what you see in liquor stores – you could soon see in grocery stores. sot: i think it’s great for everyday residents looking for a bottle of wine, we don’t need to go to specialty stores to get a mediocre bottle while this customer may be excited… business owners wary. gregor husgen thinks his store – downtown fine spirits and wines, will be okay under this new law. but smaller liquor stores? sot: we have to go away from mass products and look toward niche products. he says he’s been planning for this bill for a while – which allows grocery stores to slowly obtain liquor licenses over the next twenty years. sot: it would protect some of the smaller businesses while giving the consumer what they wanted – a little more flexibility. the bill restricts grocery stores, within 15- hundred feet of liquor stores, from selling beer and liquor unless they buy a license from the liquor store. standup: it wont’ be until 2037 that grocery stores can buy unlimited licenses. that was a comprimse that helped this process go through. sot:i’ve planned for that for a long, long time. a delay which could save time – and jobs. some of the big grocery stores are still pushing to put the issue on the ballot in november. that would allow nearly 400 grocery stores to start selling full-strength beer and wine as early as july 2017 instead of the gradual rollout. a southern colorado