SB 22-033

Senate Bill 22-033 allows retail liquor stores in Colorado to sell more types of minimally processed food items like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and meat without counting the sales from these foods towards their current limit of 20% non-alcohol product revenue. This means that liquor stores can increase their offerings of fresh and simple packaged foods without worrying about hitting the revenue cap. The bill has been signed into law, so retail liquor stores can now start expanding their food options according to these new rules.

Official Summary

Current law limits, with some exceptions, the amount of nonalcohol products a retail liquor store may sell by limiting the amount of annual gross revenues derived from the sale of nonalcohol products to 20% of the store's total annual gross sales revenues. The bill adds fruit, vegetables, nuts, and meat, if not substantially modified, to the list of items a retail liquor store may sell without including the sales revenues from those products in the calculation of the 20% limit. These food items may be cut, canned, dried, frozen, shelled, or packaged.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)