If organizers get their way, all three Tri-Cities and other Northeast Tennessee localities will get a chance this November to vote on whether wine should be sold in grocery stores and other retail outlets.Food City President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Smith and others have confirmed petition drives will be assembled statewide to put the wine-in-grocery-stores measure on the November ballot.”We’ve got the perfect place to engage folks at our stores … to have petition drives as time goes on,” Smith said. “I’m sure it will be different from town to town, from Clarksville to Murfreesboro to Memphis to Bristol. … It may not all be the same strategy, but I think it will be what works in different communities.”We think November is fine. If we happen to miss November based on the way the law is written, there’s still plenty of time to get it done … but we are going to shoot for November.”Keep reading with our partners at the Kingsport Times News.
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