On 10/24/2016 6:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 7:29:05 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Ann Arbor is in Michigan, where I came across the Ask at the
>> counter for liquor routine. Maybe it's just not on the shelves.
>
> Did you read my post where I said my grocery store has liquor on
> the shelves, for anybody to put in their cart without intervention?

Nope.

I only saw a few party stores. One upscale food market had
a large wine area separate from the rest of the store. I've only
gone to MI few times and I didn't spend my days visiting liquor stores,
just the random wine/etc to bring to whatever event.

I've only seen supermarkets have wine and beer for sale (not here).
Not hard booze. Personally, I'd rather leave the alcohol sales to
the liquor store and save the shelf space for usual grocery items.
I'm not a fan of ginormous supermarkets.

> Granted, I didn't phrase it that explicitly.
>
> Perhaps in the olden days (when you were in Michigan) there was a
> blue law about how the transaction was to be handled, but it
> hasn't been that way for, oh, 40 years at least. It's entirely
> up to the shopkeeper how he wants to stock liquor.

Yeah, I would have been in my teens then and no particular
reason to visit Michigan.

nancy