After getting approval for a liquor license transfer, Costco plans to start selling wine, beer, and canned cocktails at its Warminster store, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The move is part of a larger push by the warehouse club, one of the nation’s largest wine sellers, to get into the wine and beer business in Pennsylvania.
Speaking at a March 5 hearing, Costco attorney Gregory Szallar of Flaherty & O’Hara told the Warminster Township Board of Supervisors that the store will not include a bar or sell draft beer or mixed drinks. Happy hour and outdoor drinking will not be allowed, with most sales focused on bottled and canned beverages to-go.
As required by state law, on-premises consumption would be limited to designated seating areas only. Customer identification would be scanned, and all liquor sales would be supervised by trained staff and a licensed manager.
Warminster approved the license transfer from the former Pizzeria Uno in Doylestown Township with conditions, including a ban on self-checkout alcohol sales and a limit of three registers for such purchases.
Szallar did not specify when Costco will begin selling alcohol in Warminster.
Read more about Costco’s plans to sell wine, beer, and canned cocktails at its Warminster location in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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