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Package‑store group and distillers clash over private‑label rules, training and transfer fees
Summary
A package‑store trade group and the Distilled Spirits Council offered opposing views on private‑label distilled spirits and several off‑premise regulatory bills. Retailers warned against supplier control and transfer fees; distillers and others urged limits on preferencing and clearer labeling.
A panel representing Massachusetts off‑premise alcohol retailers and national distillers testified before the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure on a suite of bills affecting package stores, private labels, transfers, training and sales rules.
Rob Melian, who identified himself as executive director and general counsel for the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, said the group opposed a set of bills that would allow discounts and allow supplier influence over retail shelf placement. ‘‘H350 is a bill that would allow suppliers to be able to dictate what is on the shelf of a retailer and we are in opposition to the bill as it is currently written,’’ Melian said, calling the proposal ‘‘another tier controlling what is on the…
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