It is unclear whether the company will now apply for a standard retail liquor merchant’s licence.ĪHA SA general manager Ian Horne said the refusal of Costco’s application “reinforces the notion that alcohol shouldn’t be integrated with other products” in supermarkets.
However, that model didn’t comply with local liquor licensing laws because in SA, to qualify for a retail liquor merchant’s licence, alcohol must not be sold with other goods, such as food.Ĭostco did not return calls from The Advertiser, but the company had previously argued that it is different from other retail alcohol outlets because it would carry about 300 lines - as opposed to about 2000 in a Dan Murphy’s for example - and will only sell unrefrigerated alcohol, and beer by the case. Having launched in November last year, Costco wanted to sell alcohol on the same premises as other goods. The international bulk-buy chain had appealed to the state’s highest court after its initial application was knocked back by the Liquor Licensing Court in October 2014. A PUSH by a cut-price supermarket to add alcohol to its South Australian offerings has been shot down by the Supreme Court.Ĭhief Justice Chris Kourakis on Thursday dismissed Costco’s application - opposed by the Australian Hotels Association and supermarket giant Woolworths - to sell alcohol at its Kilburn warehouse on Churchill Rd.
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