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Wine sales drop by two-thirds in one month, Ridge Package Store closing

Posted at 8:14 pm August 12, 2016
By John Huotari 1 Comment

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Owner Donnie Knight, left, of Ridge Package Store is pictured above with customer Ramona Cooper on Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:45 p.m. Aug. 15.

Wine sales at Ridge Package Store on Oak Ridge Turnpike dropped about two-thirds in one month after grocery stores started selling wine on July 1, and owner Donnie Knight announced his family-owned store is shutting down in October.

“The wine in grocery stores was the final nail for me,” Knight said Wednesday. “I can’t survive.”

Knight said he had been considering leaving the business for a while, but “this just confirmed it for me.”

He estimates he lost 5 percent to 6 percent of his customer base at a time when he didn’t think he could lose even 1 percent.

Knight, the only employee at the store, said he had hoped to close October 1, but it could be later in October, or as soon as he is able to liquidate. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Doc Overstreet, Donnie Knight, Joe Williams, Linda Wallace, liquor store, Oak Ridge Package Store, Reba Monday, Red Williams, Ridge Package Store, wine in grocery stores, wine sales

New laws in effect on Friday: Wine sales, guns on campus, ‘slow poke’ law

Posted at 11:18 am June 30, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Several new laws go into effect on Friday, July 1, in Tennessee.

The most highly-publicized of these new laws is one that will allow certain gas stations and grocery stores to obtain licenses to sell wine. More than 400 businesses have obtained the necessary licenses and will be able to start legally selling wine at 8 a.m. Friday, July 1.

Beginning Friday, faculty and staff and public colleges and universities in Tennessee will be able to carry concealed guns on campus. Those wishing to carry will have to register their weapons with campus police departments. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, State Tagged With: concealed guns on campus, guns on campus, new laws, slow poke law, Tennessee, wine sales, WYSH Radio

Early voting begins Wednesday, October 15

Posted at 2:42 am October 15, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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Information from WYSH Radio

Early voting for the November 4 general election in Anderson County begins Wednesday, October 15, and runs through Thursday, October 30.

Early voting hours Monday through Friday will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clinton Community Center, the Midtown Community Center in Oak Ridge, and at the North Anderson Government Office in the Anderson Crossing Shopping Center in the Norris/Andersonville area. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Clinton, Education, Government, K-12, Lake City, Norris, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Election Commission, Board of Education, Chris Hepler, City Council, Clinton, Clinton Community Center, Donald Douglas, E.T. Stamey, early voting, grocery stores, Jeffery Bass, Jerry Vann, Maurice Walker, Michael Lovely, Midtown Community Center, Nathan Benson, Norris, North Anderson Government Office, November 4 election, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, on-site consumption, Rocky Top, Ron Young, Ted Phillips, Terry Craze, wine sales

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