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Wine Kiosks

  1. Booze News
    LCB’s ‘Convenience 2020’ Not So Convenient Here In 2012The program aims to make buying booze, beer and groceries a one-stop trip.
    By Collin Keefe
  2. Booze News
    One Million Dollars and a Whole Lot of Stupid Later, LCB Finally Pulls the PlugAt long last the state has decided to call it “Game Over.”
    By Collin Keefe
  3. Booze News
    Here’s the Final Nail in the Wine Kiosk Program’s CoffinThe state’s audit shows the kiosk program is wasteful and a complete failure.
    By Collin Keefe
  4. Booze News
    Now Wal-Mart’s Pulling the Plug on Wine KiosksWal-Mart’s plans deliver yet another sharp blow to the LCB and its troubled wine vending machine program.
    By Collin Keefe
  5. Booze News
    Can You Say ‘Kiosk-Gate?’Turzai unearthed an LCB internal memo that recommended that the booze board not get tangled up with the wine kiosks.
    By Collin Keefe
  6. Booze News
    It’s Game Over For PLCB’s ‘Worst Idea Ever’The machine’s makers are into the state for $1 million.
    By Collin Keefe
  7. Booze News
    Can Record Sales Save the PLCB?For its just concluded fiscal year, the state-run booze board reports record sales.
    By Collin Keefe
  8. Booze News
    Liquor Store Privatization Is DeadHouse Republicans appear to be caving to union pressure and giving the booze authority what ti wants.
    By Collin Keefe
  9. Booze News
    LCB Finally Gets Something Right!The liquor board’s chairman cited the soft economy for his decision to keep prices on booze as is.
    By Collin Keefe
  10. Booze News
    The LCB Is Totally Digging Its Own Grave With Those Wine KiosksThere really isn’t any good news to report about the LCB’s dismal, costly and potentially life-threatening experiment.
    By Collin Keefe
  13. Booze News
    It’s Game Over For Wine Kiosks at WegmansWegmans announced its ending its participation in the PLCB’s wine kiosk program.
    By Collin Keefe
  14. PLCB Shenanigans
    LCB Plans to Put Booze in Its Wine KiosksThe critically panned program will begin testing sales of spirits in the months to come.
    By Collin Keefe
  15. PLCB Shenanigans
    Take Two: LCB Reboots Wine KiosksWhen it comes to their wine kiosks, the LCB believes that if first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
    By Collin Keefe
  16. Mediavore
    LCB to Give ‘Worst Idea Ever’ Another Chance; Walgreens Brings FoodPlus wonky weather could drive up food costs, and an organic vending industry is growing, all in our morning news roundup.
  17. PLCB Shenanigans
    LCB Pulls the Plug on Wine KiosksSo much for the “high tech” wine dispensing machines bringing the state-run liquor control board into the 21st Century.
    By Collin Keefe
  18. PLCB Shenanigans
    PLCB’s Wine Kiosks Stoke the Ire of Liquor Store EmployeesThe union alleges that the state’s liquor control board is too closely connected to the liquor industry to fight underage drinking in a meaningful way, especially when its puts a wine dispensing machine on a college campus.
    By Collin Keefe
  19. PLCB Shenanigans
    Wine Kiosk Pilot Program Exceeds ExpectationsWine sales during the pilot program surpassed projections by 20 to 30 percent.
    By Collin Keefe
  20. Mediavore
    Wine Kiosks Are Coming to Philly This Fall; Jersey Peaches Arrive Sooner andPlus McDonald’s banks on beef-up beverage line for a better bottom line, and Chuck Schumer calls for crack down on malt beverages targeted at children all in our morning news roundup.
  21. PLCB Shenanigans
    Critics Agree: PLCB Wine Kiosks Are the Worst Idea EverThe consensus is, the kiosks are likely the stupidest things ever imagined.
    By Collin Keefe
  22. PLCB Shenanigans
    Wine Kiosks Coming to Supermarkets Everywhere But Center CityPLCB to Center City: Suck It!
    By Kirsten Henri