Ha! Because Japan and Singapore are exactly who I’d compare PA to…
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board wants to set up a statewide network of 100 satellite wine kiosks.The agency is soliciting proposals for a five-year contract to operate and maintain the kiosks, requiring that it be done at no cost to the state or PLCB. Each temperature-controlled kiosk will stock about 500 bottles for sale.
Such vending machines selling alcoholic beverages have been in use in Japan, Singapore and some European countries, but security issues and restrictive liquor laws have made their development and use elsewhere very limited.
What a waste
Why not just sell wine and beer in the grocery store where you can check ID face to face? What is with this stupid liquor monopoly in PA? Don’t they care about how much money they are losing on sales in NY, NJ, DE – where it is cheaper and more convenient to purchase a six-pack versus a case at a time.
Stop wasting state money on a stupid plan like wine kiosks. Make it more convenient in a normal way you idiots in PA govt!!!
Very good point. But, the
Very good point. But, the liquor store employees are in a union, and their votes and union contributions are far more important than our convenience.
Pennsylvanians are second class citizens unless we happen to be in a public sector union so politicians can take our money and give it to their friends.
Please explain how selling
Please explain how selling wine bottles from a vending machine will benefit union members? It seems this will take jobs away from state liquor store employees?
Give them a chance
If they have enough different lables this will be great
You people are crazy
This is a great idea. I hope they put spirits in as well.
I just saw this and I got goosebumps
Who would have thunk it? Pa will actually sell wine in supermarkets?
too good to be true for Pa.
don’t know where you live
don’t know where you live but we already have at least 3 grocery stores with liquor stores in them
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