Give Marylanders the freedom to buy wine and beer at local food stores.

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Contact your lawmakers and tell them: It’s time to make shopping more convenient for Marylanders, do away with our outdated liquor laws, and give our local food stores a boost.

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Why is it time to allow beer and wine in Maryland's food stores?

Busy consumers deserve convenience.

Maryland families are busy, juggling multiple things each day. They should not have to make more than one stop to complete a shopping list of groceries, beer, and wine.

Proposed liquor law changes would only allow beer and wine to be sold at food stores, not hard liquor.
Nearly 80% of Marylanders support beer and wine sales in local food stores.
Making multiple stops to buy items such as produce, seafood, beer, and wine is a waste of Marylanders’ time.

Outdated liquor laws should be repealed.

Maryland is 1 of 4 states that does not give consumers the freedom to buy beer and wine at their local food store. Outdated liquor laws from the 1970s should be repealed.

Over 300 million Americans across 46 states are free to buy wine or beer at local food stores. Marylanders cannot.
Many of the states that allow food store beer and wine sales have a high number of craft breweries per capita.
Proposed law changes would not remove liquor stores’ monopoly on commercial hard liquor.

Local communities need a boost.

Food stores operate at small margins. Beer and wine sales would stabilize struggling stores and lead to the opening of new ones in Maryland communities that need them.

Our local food stores operate at the lowest margins in the retail industry–their stability is always at risk.
Beer and wine sales would make the opening of food stores in low-income, distressed areas more viable.
Too many communities have easy access to liquor stores that don’t sell healthy food. Let’s prioritize groceries.

By the numbers...

46 total states

allow the sale of beer and/or wine in food stores.

80% of Marylanders

support beer and wine sales in food stores.

1-3% profit margins

for local food stores, the lowest in the retail industry

Maryland is one of the only states in the nation that bans the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores – it's time for a change.

– GOVERNOR WES MOORE

Tell your lawmakers: It's time to allow beer and wine sales at local food stores.
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