Beer to be sold at Charlottetown grocery store
'It’s exciting before Christmas and it should be busy here the next couple weeks'
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Shoppers at a Charlottetown Superstore will soon be able to buy beer with their groceries.
Murphy Hospitality Group is setting up a Gahan beer store inside the Superstore on University Avenue, and will be brewing and selling beer on site.
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The Murphy group applied for a micro-brewery licence and president Kevin Murphy said it could be selling beer by Wednesday next week.
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"It's exciting before Christmas and it should be busy here the next couple weeks," he said.
"We're very pleased at the way it came together … we're looking to provide an experience to the consumer and provide a little bit of a one-stop shop when they're out grocery shopping."
The P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission said there wasn't much available to comment on as the application for the brewery isn't fully complete.
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With files from Katerina Georgieva