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Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Seafood restaurant one step closer to liquor license for new Peoria location
Jonah's 101 Oyster Bar received unanimous site approval to serve liquor at its new location at Peoria's Keller Station. The Peoria City Council approved Jonah's site application on its consent agenda Tuesday night, moving the business one step closer to receiving a liquor license. Jonah's has operated a location in East Peoria for decades and now plans on opening a new restaurant at 6035 N. Knoxville Ave., Suite 101J. The restaurant is targeting a late summer or early fall opening for its new location. More: 'Felt like family:' Peoria Italian restaurant celebrates decades of success in business This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Popular seafood restaurant receives key approval for liquor in Peoria
CBS News
3 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Aldi to take over vacant Whole Foods location in River North
Aldi is poised to move into a vacant storefront that used to house a Whole Foods in River North. The shuttered Whole Foods location is at Huron and Dearborn. Ali filed a liquor license application for that address, 30 W. Huron St., earlier in June for a grocery store with liquor. The Whole Foods closed in 022. That storefront was supposed to be take over by Dom's Kitchen and Market, but all Dom's and Foxtrot locations abruptly closed in 2024 when the merged companies went under without warning. Aldi has dozens of locations across the Chicago area. The store closest to this new River North location is in Old Town. There is also set to be an Aldi opening in the West Loop in 2026. No information about when the company plans to have the new River North Aldi location open was immediately available.
CTV News
7 days ago
- CTV News
Liquor stolen from Paris, Ont. business
Police are looking for three people who stole liquor from a business in Paris, Ont. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police were called to the store on Mechanic Street on Friday and were told three people had walked into the business on Thursday night around 8 p.m. and stolen an undisclosed amount of liquor before taking off in a dark-coloured sedan. Anyone with more information is urged to contact police.
Forbes
21-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The World's Best Selling Scotch Whisky—According To The 2025 Brand Champions
Johnnie Walker Blue Label remains one of the world's highest regarded—and top-selling—labels of ... More premium blended Scotch whisky. The Brand Champions is an annual report revealing and analyzing the top-selling labels of liquor in any given year. Since it debuted back in 2014 it has provided a reliable and informative snapshot--not just of individual brands--but of the general trajectory of the industry as a whole. Last year, for example, total volume sales of spirits increased a modest 1.4% over 2022 numbers. Not great. But not terrible. This year, roughly half of the top 150 brands listed in the communique reported a decline, leading its publisher to label the landscape as one of 'perma-crisis.' We promise you, though, it's not all doom and gloom for booze. Just take a look at the top-selling scotch whiskies for some spirited reassurance. The reigning brand champion in the category is Johnnie Walker, which has dominated global whiskey sales throughout the 21st Century. Yes, it's overall sales dipped slightly year-over-year (21.6 million cases sold in 2024 versus 22.1 million in 2023), but its numbers are up some 50% since 2020. It underscores the point that people around the world are still consuming whisky at near-record numbers. It's merely the rate of growth that has slowed--which was never fully sustainable anyway, given its astronomical trajectory across the 2010s. And while other less-nimble whiskey brands might be losing some market share to tequila, or even non-alcoholic offerings, Johnnie Walker has bucked that movement by continually carving out new audiences across a wide spectrum of drinkers--from fans of the top shelf to the well. For mass appeal, Red Label remains the crowd favorite. The most affordable liquid in the portfolio is non-aged-stated, retails for $25 a bottle and has been the world's best-selling scotch since the mid-1960s. Joining it now is Johnnie Walker Black Ruby, priced at around $45 per bottle. Officially released in March of 2025, it's intended as a slightly upmarket, yet eminently accessible expression. The brand's master blender, Dr. Emma Walker, describes it as a sweeter blend with red berry notes. This flavor profile, along with sleek packaging, suggests it will be aimed at nightlife crowds that might otherwise be looking for vodka or tequila while ordering bottle service. Even on the ultra-premium end of the divide, Dr. Walker has signaled a willingness to meet modern drinkers where they are. Her first limited edition of Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Ice Chalet, came out last October and was an immediate hit with Gen Z and Millennial demographics. It's a lighter, more refreshing variant of the beloved top shelf staple, and yet its core DNA--robust depth and gentle smoke--remains discernible. In other words, it can win over newcomers without alienating the loyal legions. And when it comes to sustaining the ultra-high net worth consumers, Johnnie Walker seems better positioned in 2025 than ever before. It just launched its own bespoke Vault program earlier in the year, where deep pocketed fans of the whisky can travel directly to Scotland and pay upwards of £50,000 to develop their own bottling in conjunction with Dr. Walker, herself. Additionally, parent company Diageo launched a dedicated luxury division late last year. And so, for the world's top-selling brand of scotch, at least, the current state of the industry should hardly be characterized as a crisis. The full 36-page report of 2025 Brand Champions can be found here. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: A general view of the atmosphere at the launch of the Johnnie Walker ... More Blue Label Ice Chalet at Selfridges on October 29, 2024 in London, England. (Photo byfor Johnnie Walker Blue Label)
ABC News
15-06-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Ninth bottle shop proposed for Swan Hill as councils lose veto power
Victorian councils want to retain their power of veto over new liquor outlets in country towns, amid fierce debate about the links between family violence and access to alcohol. In Swan Hill, a northern Victorian town ranked fifth in the state for family violence, mother and foster carer Bec Wolfe-Charles is among those objecting to a proposed new bottle shop. She wants more play spaces in her neighbourhood where she can spend time with her daughter, Eloise, rather than another liquor store in a town that already has eight. But she worries the decision to approve the bottle shop is being taken out of local hands. From July 1, Liquor Control Victoria will take responsibility for liquor licence decisions, stripping local councils of the right to refuse planning permits. Swan Hill's local government area has a population of 21,000. The I Can Smell A Dead Duck company has applied for planning permission to open a ninth liquor outlet in the town, a bottle shop in a former furniture store. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Community Safety said there was no cap on the number of liquor licences allowed in one town and that Swan Hill residents will still have the opportunity to object to the application when Liquor Control Victoria puts it on public notice. Swan Hill Rural City Council Mayor Stuart King said councils should have more, rather than less, control over new liquor store applications and is concerned that city-based bureaucrats will not properly understand what the town needs. The owners of I Can Smell A Dead Duck have been contacted for comment. Women's Health Loddon Mallee chief executive officer Kellie Dunn said communities like Swan Hill were right to push back. "If they are voicing that it is not right for them and that they feel that there is a saturation [of alcohol outlets], the government really needs to listen to them as part of the planning process," Ms Dunn said. An independent review into a Dan Murphy's store in Darwin in 2021 heard that the chain liquor store's operator, Endeavour Group, disputed the link between new bottle shops and more violence. But public health researchers say the link is clear. Data from the addiction treatment centre Turning Point showed that since 2018, paramedics had been called to about two alcohol-related incidents per week in Swan Hill, and alcohol was the most common drug found in intimate partner violence. "The more alcohol that is around a community, or the higher the availability, the more domestic violence and other harms occur in that community," strategic lead Rowan Ogeil said. Dr Ogeil said victim-survivors from socio-economic disadvantaged areas like Swan Hill were three-and-a-half times more likely to have an ambulance respond to interpersonal violence involving alcohol or drugs. In 2015, the Royal Commission into Family Violence recommended that liquor licensing rules consider the role of alcohol in family violence. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Community Justice and Safety said Liquor Control Victoria already considered social harms. If you need help immediately call emergency services on triple-0 A fortnight out from the change, the head of the Municipal Association of Victoria said there was no clarity on how "this major impact" would affect local government. "We will no longer be the people that determine whether the planning application is appropriate or not," MAV president Jennifer Anderson said. "A lot of councils may not be aware of the legislation. "But certainly, for those that are aware, like Swan Hill for example, it is a great concern because certain areas are known to have problems with alcohol, and so there may be areas where they have the knowledge to know this [application] is not appropriate." Cr Anderson said the MAV and its member councils had little knowledge of the new process under Liquor Control Victoria and the Department of Planning, other than that local councils could make a submission to Liquor Control Victoria if they wanted to. The Department of Planning has not provided a formal response to the ABC's queries. Additionally, liquor store applications that have a floor space of at least 750 square metres trigger a community impact assessment, the spokesperson said. The assessment measures the application against the area's social harms, such as the family violence rate, or the proximity to schools. At 628sqm, the proposed Swan Hill bottle shop does not need a formal harm assessment to be done. The harm assessment process was tested last year when the Victorian Liquor Commission backed Hepburn Shire Council's decision to deny an application by Endeavour Group to place a Dan Murphy's bottle shop near a school. Endeavour Group is contesting the decision at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Swan Hill independent bottle shop owner John Charleson said the assessment criteria did not work if a town comprises one main street because a 500-metre radius was applied. "So, the square metreage of a circle basically, a 500-metre radius in our town, really should be put into context and be taken in a long rectangular view."
