Albertans could have a harder time finding their favourite foreign alcohol at their local liquor store over the holidays due to ongoing supply chain issues.
The Montgomery County Department of Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) is making changes to its policy on "Highly Allocated Products" (HAL).
Alcohol e-commerce and on-demand delivery platform Drizly released its third annual BevAlc Insights by Drizly Retail Report...and it looks like craft beer is poised to reclaim shelf space from hard seltzer in 2022.
New research demonstrates just how many states implemented delivery and to-go alcohol changes during COVID-19. All told, 32 out of 50 states (nearly 65 percent) have applied one or more changes to their to-go and delivery alcohol rules since the pandemic started.
The state of Wisconsin has never participated in a Driver License Compact where most states share information, but a proposed law would change that, and NBC 5 Investigates' Phil Rogers has more details.
To date, and as matters currently stand, Cannabis NB, a subsidiary of the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, is the only legal retailer of recreational cannabis in New Brunswick.
During the Pre-COVID period, which ended February 2020, the on-premise marketplace in the control states averaged 18.0% share of the 9-liter case spirits market.
An omnibus bill being crafted on Capitol Hill will make some tweaks to liquor laws. It's coming out of an alcohol policy working group involving Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, restaurant and hospitality representatives, alcohol manufacturers, lawmakers and community groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
During October nine-liter control states spirits case sales grew -0.9% over same period sales last year, a depressed growth rate that was influenced by an imposing comp(13.9%) and calendar anomalies.
The association's CEO Miles Beale said "There is mounting concern amongst our membership that unless urgent action is taken, we will fall deeper into delivery chaos."