7-Eleven will stock new beer: its own

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ^ | Thursday, April 10, 2003 | By Maria Halkias

[Maximum Leader]

I hope they call it Duff Beer

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[Mike Darancette]

will be sold for $5.99 a six-pack

Here hold muh swill.

[Drew68]

Sadly, here in Colorado where liquor stores can sell full strength beer (but not on Sundays), supermarkets (which 7-11 is considered) may only sell 3.2% beer.

Lame, anachronistic blue laws!

[BenLurkin]

Yikes! Somehow it seems like hittin' rock bottom to drink 7-11 beer . . .

[Black Powder]

Burpee!

[rogue yam]

I hope they show some moxie and just call it "7-11 Beer."

[AmishDude]

In Pennsylvania, beer can only be sold in outlets (and then, only in cases) and in bars. Except for a few outlets for local wine makers, all other alcohol can only be sold in state stores. A few of the state stores are now open Sundays.

Everytime they try to reform those laws there's one group that's opposed. Nope, it's not who you think. Just think about who's working in those stores.

[putupon]

Burpee

ROFL

[tophat9000]

Apu Brew

[Drew68]

Just think about who's working in those stores.

Yep! Same here. There has been some talk about repealing the law forcing liquor stores to close on Sundays. The liquor store owners don't want to work on Sundays (understandably) and don't want to have to worry about competition.

My problem is with 3.2% beer. It made sense (sort of) twenty years ago when Colorado had a two-tiered drinking age (18 for 3.2% beer, 21 for everything else). Now that the drinking age is 21 for everything, we ought to do away with 3.2% beer. Let the liquior stores sell everything and allow the grocery stores (and 7-11) to sell only full-strength beer and wine.

As far as I know, Colorado and Utah are the only states that still even have 3.2% beer.

[hemogoblin]

June? I was in a 7-11 last nite and saw them in the ice chest by the checkout. Maybe they are test marketing here in Sarasota. I will do some research on the quality and report back ...

[G L Tirebiter]

Now if they can roll out a 7-11 private label lottery they'll have their own brand on the two most important revenue sources in the store...

[AmishDude]

We don't even have liquor store owners! All owned by the state. I agree, though, 3.2% is silly, no matter how you slice it.

"Soon I'll have the whole state drinking slightly less potent beer!"

[mathluv]

Can anything compete with Krispy Kreme?

[Redwood71]

Maybe it should go on the shelves next to Billy's Beer. It will probably be just as good and just as green.

[justlurking]

Albertson's Inc. and Kroger Co. are among only a few retailers trying the private-label beer strategy, Schuhmacher said, "but I don't think they've been very successful because consumers are very image-conscious when they're drinking beer, and most want a national brand."

This is not a new phenomena. 30 years ago, I worked in a grocery store that sold its own private label beer.

It was from the bottom of the vat of a now-defunct local brewery. Their "brand-name" beer was bad enough, and the private label beer was terrible.

The only people that bought it were the alcoholics that couldn't afford anything else.

[fifteendogs]

6.99 for a 6pack. I don't pay that much for a 12 pack of Keystone Ice (6%) which is made by Coors.

[fifteendogs]

6.99 for a 6pack. I don't pay that much for a 12 pack of Keystone Ice (6%) which is made by Coors.