Township council has unanimously approved on first reading an ordinance that amends its regulation on alcohol licenses for businesses that sell liquor along with other goods.
Under the current measure, if alcohol is sold in a supermarket or a non-liquor store, it has to be relegated to a separate area with a separate cash register and can’t be advertised in other parts of the store. The ordinance would allow liquor to be sold anywhere else in the store, but keeps the register rule. The store’s alcohol products would be off limits for handling by under-age employees and prohibited at a self-checkout.
The only Cherry Hill store that has a separate area for alcohol sales is the ShopRite along Route 70. There are currently nine county liquor licenses in use…