Wine Vending Machines: State Wants Vendors

State liquor officials are seeking proposals for a contractor to operate up to 100 wine kiosks throughout the state.

The kiosks would be similar to a temperature-controlled vending machine capable of holding 500 bottles of wine. They would be placed in grocery stores and other places. They would offer about a dozen different types of wine.

Wendell Young IV, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, whose members include state store clerks, was among those briefed on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board proposal. .


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