by evansfox | Feb 15, 2012
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that provides discounts on goods and services in local markets. If a certain number of people sign up for the deal, it becomes valid. If the minimum is not met, then one gets that day’s deal. Groupon is now a billion-dollar...
by evansfox | Jan 15, 2012
In recent months, the SLA has made significant changes to the municipal notification requirements. The notification is the 30-day notice given to the municipality where the premises is located. The SLA has a specific form that must be used to make the notification....
by evansfox | Dec 1, 2011
The New York State Liquor Authority has recently made two announcements that might affect your holiday business. They relate to gift wrapping and packages of alcoholic beverages and special New Year’s Day provisions. One of the more popular adult gifts around the...
by evansfox | Nov 21, 2011
The SLA released new online application on November 8, 2011 that affects chain restaurants. In order to qualify for ‘chain restaurant’ status, the applicant must already have a minimum of three licensed restaurants, and the licensee name must be exactly the same for...
by evansfox | Aug 21, 2011
In June, the New York State Liquor Authority (“SLA”) conducted an underage decoy detail in western New York, targeting 124 licensed convenience stores and charged 41 of those stores, located in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Rochester, with selling alcohol to minors. This...
