Commonwealth Court Defers to PLCB

By order issued February 23, 2009, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld the PLCB’s decision to grant retail liquor licenses to 6 Wegmans Supermarkets located in Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Scranton, Easton, Bethlehem and State College. The following will...

Wegmans license applications now before Commonwealth Court

MBDA’s objections to the PLCB’s issuance of licenses to six (6) Wegmans locations is now before Commonwealth Court and all briefs have been filed. We expect that oral argument will be scheduled for sometime in December, although a date has not yet been...

New Licensing Search System

The PLCB has announced the launch of a new Licensing Search System. Licenses are categorized by county, and all licenses in each county are listed alphabetically according to the licensee’s name as it appears on the license, which may or may not be the same as a...

Vidalia Marketplace Closes

Vidalia Marketplace, Lansdale, Montgomery County, is closing its doors after little more than a year at this location. Vidalia was one of the first supermarkets to obtain an "E" license to sell take-out beer in the same way Sheetz, Wegmans and Weis want to...

Oral Argument Before Pa. Supreme Court

On Wednesday, May 14th, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Sheetz litigation. The PLCB and Sheetz had appealed the Commonwealth Court order issued in February, 2007 which denied Sheetz the "E" retail dispenser license it wanted to sell...