Michigan

Michigan beer and wine sales bill heads to Michigan governor's desk

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Legislation is headed to Gov. Rick Snyder that would let grocery stores with nearby gas stations sell beer and wine at the on-site convenience store.

But some rural lawmakers and convenience store lobbyists say the bill offers an unfair advantage for big box stores that already have the start-up capital smaller stores lack.

Convenience stores must have $250,000 worth of non-alcoholic inventory to peddle beer and wine.

Onekama Rep. Ray Franz, a Republican, calls it a “carve-out” for Meijer and other big box stores. But bill sponsor and Republican Rep. Aric Nesbitt says it opens the market.

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