Tag: Jennifer Veiga

Tom Mullen of Eagle-Vail could see 20 years of hard work in the retail liquor business evaporate if the state legislature passes a law allowing full-strength beer to be sold in supermarkets and convenience stores. Backers of the legislation — H.B. 1192 — sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Veiga, D-Denver, and Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo, argue it’s time to roll back the Prohibition-era holdover mandating that only weaker, 3.2-percent-alcohol beer be sold in such stores. But Mullen, who owns and operates West Vail Liquor Mart, argues the 1,650 independent liquor retailers in Colorado will be devastated by out-of-state corporations controlling the market.

Beginning July 1, liquor stores in Colorado were allowed to open on Sundays. Five months later, liquor store owners are grousing, as they have since the Legislature passed the law early this year. Apparently they are not reaping the improved revenues they hoped for — instead they are just having to stay open seven days a week. Meanwhile, among the tales of woe over stagnated booze consumption, one interesting factoid has recently emerged: Colorado is home to the world’s largest liquor store — officially, as in it’s listed in the Guinness World Records.

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