Jackson stores prepare to sell wine
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JACKSON, Tenn. — Grocery stores in Jackson will sell wine, but customers have to wait a while. After voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday allowing wine in supermarkets, stores in Jackson prepare to stock their shelves. “Very excited about it,” Old Medina Market Manager Susan Adams said. “We fought for it last year trying to make sure we got it on the ballot.” Adams said they are already making plans for the new inventory. “We bought a smaller open-air cooler to be able to set the wines in,” she said. Jackson City Attorney Lewis Cobb said stores cannot sell wine until July 1, 2016. “Each store will have to go through a process of making an application for sale of wine just like you have to go to the beer board to get permission to sell beer,” Cobb said. According to the ordinance, the alcoholic beverage commission will issue licenses to stores who want to sell wine. “Each store that wants to sell has to prove that they’re qualified by the location, by the size, by the character and the lack of criminal record of the people who own the store and work in the store,” Cobb said. Adams said she believes selling wine will help sales. “A lot of shoppers don’t want to go in a liquor store and buy their wine,” she said. Adult customers must present a valid ID to purchase wine in stores. Wine in grocery stores referendums also passed in McKenzie, Dyersburg, Savannah, Paris, Union City and Martin.
