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ladybug1259 t1_itks6tw wrote

Reply to comment by somegridplayer in How are you voting on propositions 1-4? by gooutside0628

Total Wines & More is against question 3. They're running ads against it. https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2022/10/20/massachusetts-ballot-question-3-alcohol-license-limits/

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somegridplayer t1_itkyi9h wrote

Well thats bizzare, kappy's is yes on 3.

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PakkyT t1_itl17ca wrote

Kappy's is a local business where as Total Wine is a huge nationwide chain who "operate 229 superstores across 27 states". Question #3 is being pushed by small businesses to help protect them from large nationwide superstores.

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somegridplayer t1_itl1j9c wrote

Kappy's is most certainly not a local business anymore. They're a chain, not nationwide, but a chain none the less. Question 3 doesn't protect small businesses.

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PakkyT t1_itl8wiv wrote

Then you better tell the Massachusetts Package Stores Association who is behind this one then that they are screwing themselves since you seem to know better than them.

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somegridplayer t1_itlb7at wrote

>Massachusetts Package Stores Association

Can you name a single member in the list of associate members that has small stores in their best interest?

It's as if all of them are national level corporations.

You sound like a shill. So which major distributor do you work for?

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PakkyT t1_itlhnmr wrote

>Can you name a single member in the list of associate members that has small stores in their best interest?

Yes, most of them. The number of small businesses selling booze in the state far outnumbers the few large retailers like Total Wine. So all those distributors and other businesses on that list make most of their money off those thousands of small single shop businesses and local small chains, not off the handful of big national chains.

I am not involved with the industry at all other than I like to drink.

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