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Days of wine and groceries
A Food City worker in Chattanooga hangs price tags on wine bottles Friday. (Credit: The Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Wine drinkers in Tennessee can now do their shopping in grocery stores, thanks to a new state law that took effect Friday.
Before July 1, wine in Tennessee only could be sold at state-licensed liquor stores, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. It already is legal to sell wine in grocery stores in Georgia and 36 other states. Wine still can’t be sold on Sunday or on most holidays in Tennessee, including Independence Day.
“This has been a long time coming, but it helps establish a level playing field for selling wine all over the retail industry in Tennessee,” Food City executive Mickey Blazer told political leaders, store employees and grocery consumers.
