Category Archives: Alcohol Policy

2 Top NJ Wholesalers to Pay $4 Million Each for Trade Practice Violations

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

New Jersey’s two largest wine and spirits wholesalers will pay $4 million each to resolve findings that they engaged in discriminatory trade practices that unfairly favored their largest retail customers. In addition, 20 retailers statewide will pay a total of … Continue reading →

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Over 500 Sign Up for DISCUS Webinar on Cocktails-to-Go

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Cocktails to Go has been an economic lifeline for local restaurants and bars, said Chris Swonger, president/ceo, Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., as he opened a webinar Tuesday about cocktails to go.  States have provided a number of safeguards to … Continue reading →

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Texas ABC Eases Food Rules for Bars

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission t voted this week to strike down a requirement for an on-site kitchen and to allows bars to count sales from pre-packaged food and food trucks as sales revenue. The goal is to help bars get … Continue reading →

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Responsibility.org, WSWA Praise Intro of Driving Impaired Education Act

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act, which would establish a $5 million federal grant program for the first two years after the bill is enacted for states to educate the … Continue reading →

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Feds: Alcohol Use by Teens Fell 30% Over 10 Years

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

A new report by government epidemiologists published in Mortality & Morbidity Weekly Report finds current alcohol use by teens fell to 29.2% in 2019 from 41.8% in 2009.  That’s a 30.1% reduction. If measured from the high recorded in 1995, the … Continue reading →

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Per Capita Bev/Al Consumption Stable Over Past 30 Years

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Servings of beverage alcohol per legal drinking adult (21+) have been relatively stable since 1990 and are comparable to the levels of 1960, according to government data analyzed by bw166. The analysis appears to raise questions about the motivation — or … Continue reading →

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