HARRISBURG (Newsradio 1020 KDKA/AP) - Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board announced Thursday that workers are going to be back on the job at more than 100 of the currently closed Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores across the state to help process online orders.
Governor Tom Wolf’s office gave the OK to reopen 106 of the state system’s 600 stores for online fulfillment but not for public retail sales.
The store closings have been a source of widespread complains, especially since the state’s online ordering system has been unable to meet overwhelming customer demand in a state where the liquor control board controls the overwhelming majority of retail sales of hard alcohol.
Pennsyvania State Stores have been closed since March 16 and online sales of liquor began April 1.
Counties in Ohio and West Virginia have barred Pennsylvanians from purchasing liquor in their states.
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