PLCB to Expand Pickup Points at Liquor Stores Monday | New

On Monday, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will expand the curbside collection service to 389 other Fine Wine & Good Spirits locations across the state.

As of Monday, 565 Pennsylvania fine wine and liquor stores are accepting telephone orders for curbside pickup, PLCB president Tim Holden said in a statement. We recognize that Pennsylvanians are frustrated with busy signals and want more access to wines and spirits, so after learning from our experiences last week, we have improved order processing faster, lengthening order taking hours phone orders and be more flexible in scheduling pickups, even the same day, if pickup appointments are available.

The PLCB started taking orders over the phone at 176 locations last Monday, including nine in Delaware County. There will now be 19 Delco locations for residents to try to patronize. The updated list of stores can be found here: lcb.pa.gov/Consumers/Documents/Store_List_Phase_2.pdf

Some residents expressed frustration with the limited availability during the first week.

Friday at 11:30 a.m., two men who stopped at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection store at Baltimore Pike in Springfield were concerned that they could not order at the store and said they would be going to Delaware to get a bottle .

Bob d’Essington (who didn’t want to give his last name) stopped by for a few bottles of Canadian whiskey. He said that he had been trying to communicate with the phone all week, but had been unlucky.

A manager allowed him to pay with his credit card at the store and gave him two bottles.

It reminds me of Boot Camp, said Bob. Nobody knows anything.

We have made progress in expanding customer service for fine wines and fine spirits, and we hope that the addition of hundreds of other curbside pickup locations will help us overcome this large increase in demand for wines and spirits, said Holden. Again, we ask customers to be patient and we hope that the more we can process electronic and curbside pickup orders over time, the better we will be able to serve more and more Pennsylvanians during this pandemic. .

Most stores will support the curbside service from Monday to Saturday, taking a limited number of orders on a first call, first serve from 9 a.m. each day and scheduling pickup appointments between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., according to the press release. Some stores will operate on more limited days and hours.

Each store will continue to accept the first 50 to 100 orders placed each day, the statement said, although processing capacity is expected to increase over time.

No orders will be accepted by email or voicemail and callers must have their credit card ready when ordering, as this is currently the only method of payment accepted.

Orders are limited to one per caller, per store, per day, with a limit of six bottles. Pickups will be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. within a few days of ordering. When picking up, customers must present a valid ID to receive their order.

The PLCB also announced unaudited preliminary sales of $ 3.64 million on 38,145 orders during the first four days of curbside collection. Stores made nearly 6,000 transactions on Monday, raising $ 569,000.

There were another 8,000 orders Tuesday for $ 756,000; 11,300 orders Wednesday for $ 1.05 million; and 12,800 orders for $ 1.27 million Thursday, the statement said.

The PLCB does not currently plan to reopen stores to the public, although it has reminded customers that there are still other ways to obtain alcohol in the state.

Nearly 1,000 licensed producers in Pennsylvania, such as breweries, wineries, and distilleries, can still sell their own products for off-premises consumption, and restaurant and restaurant licensees such as bars and supermarkets can. sell up to 192 ounces of beer per transaction.

Restaurant licensees who also have extended wine licenses, including grocery stores and convenience stores, can also sell up to three liters of take-out wine, per transaction, and beer distributors can continue to sell for off-premises consumption.

The writer Pete Bannan contributed to this story.

Updated Delco locations available Monday:

Fine wines and good spirits # 2302

128 South 69th Street

Upper Darby, PA 19082

(610) 853-9023

Fine wines and good spirits # 2304

Edgemont Square Shopping Center

4839 West Chester Pike

Newtown Square, PA 19073

(610) 723-4131

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

315 West Baltimore Avenue

Media, PA 19063

(610) 480-5155

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

149 Baltimore Pike

Springfield, PA 19064

(610) 938-9540

Fine wines and good spirits # 2312

920 East Baltimore Avenue

Lansdowne, PA 19050

(610) 284-7842

Fine wines and good spirits # 2317

12 Hinckley Avenue East

Ridley Park, PA 19078

(610) 595-3410

Fine wines and good spirits # 2320

1305 West Chester Pike

Havertown, PA 19083

(610) 860-9410

Fine wines and good spirits # 2324

MacDade Plaza

2143 MacDade Boulevard

Holmes, PA 19043

(610) 534-6883

Fine wines and good spirits # 2325

Village Green Shopping Center

3486 Concord Road

Aston, PA 19014

(610) 497-7922

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

789 East Lancaster Avenue

Villanova, PA 19085

(610) 525-1972

Fine wines and good spirits # 2329

Eddystone crossings

1562 Chester Pike

Eddystone, PA 19022

(610) 619-3122

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

5035 Township Line Road

Drexel Hill, PA 19026

(610) 860-9405

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

Lawrence Park Shopping Center

1991 Sproul Road

Broomall, PA 19008

(610) 325-5248

Fine wines and good spirits # 2333

Barclay Square

1500 Garrett Road

Upper Darby, PA 19082

(610) 284-7840

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

Brandywine Mills Mall

1751 Wilmington Pike

Glen Mills, PA 19342

(484) 840-1241

Fine wines and good spirits # 2339

The Shoppes at Brookhaven

4934 avenue Edgmont

Brookhaven, PA 19015

(610) 872-2405

Collection of fine wines and Premium spirits

Ellis Preserve Town Center

3735 West Chester Pike

Newtown Square, PA 19073

(610) 325-2360

Collection of fine wines and premium spirits

Walk to Granite Run

1083 Western Baltimore Pike

Media, PA 19063

(610) 566-1549

Collection of fine wines and premium spirits

127 West Lancaster Avenue

Wayne, PA 19087

(610) 688-6154