This part shall be effective in any jurisdiction that authorizes the sale of wine in retail food stores in a referendum in the manner prescribed by § 57-3-106; provided, however, that a jurisdiction must have held and passed a referendum authorizing retail package stores or held and passed a referendum authorizing the sale of alcoholic […]
For purposes of this part: “Retail food store” means an establishment that is open to the public that derives at least twenty percent (20%) of its sales taxable sales from the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption taxed at the rate provided in § 67-6-228(a) and has retail floor space of […]
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an additional class of licenses allowing the sale of wine at retail food stores is created. These licenses shall be known as “retail food store wine licenses” and shall be issued by the alcoholic beverage commission; provided, that licenses shall only be issued to a retail food store […]
Each applicant for a retail food store wine license shall pay to the commission a one-time, nonrefundable fee in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) when the application is submitted for review. A retail food store wine license under this section shall not be issued until the applicant shall have paid to the commission […]
The premises of a retail food store wine license may be located in a municipality or the unincorporated areas of a county; provided, that such county or municipality has approved sales of wine by retail food stores by local option election pursuant to §57-3-801. If a county-wide referendum is approved under this part, the premises […]
As a condition precedent to the issuance of a license under § 57-3-803, every applicant for a license under that section shall submit with the application to the commission a certificate signed by the county mayor or chair of the county commission in which the licensed premises are to be located if outside the corporate […]
Laws applicable to the issuance, renewal, suspension, and termination of retailer’s licenses issued pursuant to part 2 of this chapter and the regulation of and operation by such license holders shall apply in the same manner to retail food store wine licenses and license holders unless this part expressly states otherwise.
A retail food store wine license holder engaging in the business regulated under this part, or any employee thereof, shall not make or permit to be made any sales to minors. Prior to making a sale of wine for off-premises consumption, the adult consumer must present to the license holder or any employee of the […]
No retail food store wine licensee shall sell any alcoholic beverages to any person who is visibly intoxicated, nor shall any retailer selling alcoholic beverages sell to any person accompanied by a person who is visibly intoxicated.
The restrictions in §§ 57-3-404(e) and (f), 57-3-210(g) and (h) and 57-3-204(b) shall not apply to retail food store wine licenses issued pursuant to this part. A retail food store licensed to sell wine under this part shall not be limited to operating one (1) licensed retail food store business in this state; provided, however, […]
No retail food store shall sell, give away, or otherwise dispense wine except between the hours of eight o’clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and eleven o’clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) on Monday through Saturday and between ten o’clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and eleven o’clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) on Sunday.
A retail food store licensed to sell wine under this part shall not store any wine off of the licensed premises. All deliveries of wine to a retail food store must be made by a licensed wholesaler through a common carrier, a contract carrier or on vehicles owned by the wholesaler. The deliveries shall only […]
No wholesaler shall sell any product to a retail food store wine licensee on credit and payment for all sales to such licensee by a wholesaler shall be effected upon delivery of the product. In order to facilitate the implementation of this section, all payments to wholesalers by such licensees shall be made by electronic […]
No holder of a retail food store wine license shall sell wine in connection with any business involved in the wholesale sale of wine or alcoholic beverages within this state.
No wholesaler licensed under § 57-3-203 and no manufacturer, winery, nonresident seller’s permit holder or any employee, agent, representative or salesperson employed by or representing any such wholesaler, manufacturer, winery or nonresident seller’s permit holder shall provide any services to or for the benefit of a retail food store wine licensee including, but not limited […]
Any retail food store that is licensed to sell wine must have a permitted manager as prescribed in § 57-3-221 and that manager must work on the premises of the licensed retail food store. A retail food store may have more than one (1) manager per license. All employees of a retail food store that […]
No retail food store shall conduct tastings of wine on the premises of the retail food store. A retail food store that has a license pursuant to this part may also hold a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises pursuant to chapter 4 of this title.
The commission shall create a responsible vendor training program for retail food store wine licensees and retailers licensed pursuant to § 57-3-204 similar to the responsible vendor training program established in chapter 5, part 6 of this title. Except as provided in subsection (d), each retail food store wine licensee and retailer licensed in this […]
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a retail food store wine licensee shall not sell or give away wine on Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter.