From staff reports
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board on Friday announced an additional 11 area Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores will begin offering curbside pickup on Monday.
PLCB Chairman Tim Holden said in a news release that his agency acknowledges Pennsylvanians are frustrated with busy signals in attempts to place an order for pickup, and that people want broader access to wine and spirits.
“After learning from our experiences this past week, we’ve made improvements to process orders faster, expand the hours we take orders by phone, and be more flexible in scheduling pickups, even the same day, if pickup appointments are available,” Holden said.
Venango County
Oil City: Seneca Street Plaza, 50 Seneca St., limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays. Call (814) 677-2821.
Cranberry: 17 Kimberly Lane, limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays. Call (814) 677-2301.
Clarion County
Clarion: 800 Center, 845 Main St., limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays. Call (814) 226-1701.
New Bethlehem: 452 Broad St. Call (814) 275-2002.
Forest County
Marienville: 121 Chestnut St., limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call (814) 927-7320.
Crawford County
Titusville: 126 South Martin St. Call (814) 827-1932.
Meadville: 19017 Park Avenue Plaza. Call (814) 724-5159.
Linesville: 211 East Erie St., limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call (814) 683-5522.
Mercer County
Grove City: 33 Pine Grove Square Drive. Call (814) 450-4100.
Mercer: 535 Greenville Road, limited pickup hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays. Call (814) 662-6160.
Jefferson County
Previously announced area locations that began providing curbside pickup earlier this week are in Franklin, Clarion, Tionesta, Meadville, Hermitage and Punxsutawney.
“Beginning Monday, we’ll have 565 Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores across Pennsylvania accepting orders by phone for curbside pickup,” said PLCB Chairman Tim Holden.
“We acknowledge that Pennsylvanians are frustrated with busy signals and want broader access to wine and spirits, so after learning from our experiences this past week, we’ve made improvements to process orders faster, expand the hours we take orders by phone, and be more flexible in scheduling pickups, even the same day, if pickup appointments are available.”
The expanded list of stores offering curbside service is available at www.lcb.pa.gov.
Most of the 565 stores throughout the state offering curbside pickup will take a limited number of orders each day on a first-call, first-served basis beginning at 9 a.m. each day, the release said. Pickup days and hours are not uniform among all stores.
At pickup, customers will be required to present identification before the order is delivered, the release said.
Curbside pickup orders will be limited to up to six bottles per order, and credit cards are the only accepted form of payment, the release said. Orders will also be limited to one order per caller, per store, per day, and all curbside pickup sales are final.
Stores will continue to accept the first 50 to 100 orders placed each day, on a first-call, first-served basis, until fulfillment capacity grows to accept more orders per day. Orders will only be accepted by the store’s published phone number; no orders will be accepted by email or voicemail.
“We’re making strides in expanding service to Fine Wine & Good Spirits customers, and we hope that adding hundreds more locations for curbside pickup will help us get through this surge of demand for wine and spirits,” Holden said.