“Sunday is one of the biggest shopping days of the week and we’re just really pleased we’re going to be able to serve our customers with every item in the store.” “We’ve had to turn away a lot of frustrated customers who add wine to their cart along with every other item they buy on Sunday,” said Rob Ikard, president of the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association. Most other states allow seven-day sales of liquor and wine. The law eases frustration for grocers in Tennessee, who said customers are often confused by the state’s liquor laws. Alcohol sales are not permitted on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Under the law, Tennesseans can now buy beer, wine and spirits on Labor Day, New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July. 6, grocery stores can sell wine during those same hours on Sundays. on Sundays, unless otherwise defined by the jurisdiction. That means liquor stores can sell alcoholic beverages between 10 a.m. The law aligns hours of wine sales with beer sales. Meanwhile, retail food stores must wait until January to sell wine on Sundays. Bill Haslam signed into law the bill allowing Sunday wine and liquor sales in April, but liquor stores were given a head start to immediately open seven days a week.
“Sunday has become the biggest shopping day of the week in most cases, so we know this change will be well received.” “We look forward to being able to provide our customers the convenience of being able to purchase wine on Sundays come January 6th,” said Melissa Eads, corporate affairs manager for the Kroger Nashville Division.
6 will be the first Sunday shoppers can buy wine along with the rest of their grocery haul - and grocery stores across the state are eagerly anticipating the extra day of wine sales every week. Tennessee grocers are counting down the days until they can sell their customers wine on Sundays.
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