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New Harbor Wine & Spirits manager reports full staffing, sales trends and limited early gains from extended hours
Summary
New store manager Sarah Peterson told the council Harbor Wine & Spirits is fully staffed (three full-time, six part-time), has strong summer demand in a boating season, and that extended hours to 9 p.m. have not yet produced significant additional sales.
Sarah Peterson, the new store manager at Harbor Wine & Spirits, told the council she has filled key roles after recent turnover and that the store is currently ‘‘fully staffed’’ with three full-time and six part-time employees. Peterson said this summer has been the busiest in a long time because of dry weather and boating traffic and that she has brought on an assistant manager with retail experience.
Peterson said extended hours (requested to stay open until 9 p.m. in summer) have only produced modest additional patronage so far — "between 9 and 10 on any given Friday and Saturday, we will have maybe 5 to 10 people" — and councilors suggested promoting the change on Google listings, door signage and through city communications. Deputy City Manager Veil Mehe said finance staff understaffing has delayed full-month closings; available months through March show the store about 2% under March 2025 figures but roughly on trend with national patterns.
