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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Monday announced it has begun offering limited curbside pickup service at 176 locations across the commonwealth to serve more customers seeking wine and spirits while maintaining social distancing practices in the interest of public health and safety.
				&ldquo;Today, 106 Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection stores and 70 standard stores began accepting orders by phone for curbside pickup,&rdquo; said PLCB Chairman Tim Holden. &ldquo;We believe offering curbside pickup service in a controlled, limited manner will allow us to maintain public health best practices while growing our ability to serve customers who want access to wines and spirits.&rdquo;
				Luzerne County stores
				&#8226; Fine Wine & Good Spirits #4001
				Wilkes-Barre Township Marketplace
				2136 Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre
				570-824-1485
				&#8226; Fine Wine & Good Spirits #4006
				Luzerne Shopping Center
				472 Union Street, Luzerne
				570-331-6702
				&#8226; Fine Wine & Good Spirits #4026
				26 Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville
				570-287-2128
				&#8226; Fine Wine & Good Spirits #4035
				Weis Markets Shopping Center
				223 S. Mountain Boulevard, Mountain Top
				570-403-7850
				&#8226; Fine Wine & Good Spirits #4002
				7 George Avenue, Wilkes-Barre
				570-821-9862
				These stores will accept calls for curbside pickup orders between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., or until each store reaches the maximum number of orders it can fulfill each day, Monday through Saturday. Each store has its own unique inventory and will guide callers through the products available for purchase before finalizing each order and taking payment by phone.
				Curbside pickups will be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. within a few days of order placement. At pickup, customers will be required to present identification before the order is delivered.
				Curbside pickup orders will be limited to up to six bottles per order, and credit cards are the only accepted form of payment. Orders will also be limited to one order per caller, per store, per day, and all curbside pickup sales are final.
				Initially, each store will accept the first 50 to 100 orders placed each day, on a first-come, first-served basis, until fulfillment capacity grows to accept more orders per day. Orders will only be accepted by the store&rsquo;s published phone number; no orders will be accepted by email or voicemail.
				As curbside pickup operations stabilize, the PLCB anticipates introducing curbside pickup service to additional Fine Wine & Good Spirits locations in the future.
				The PLCB also continues to increase the number of orders it takes at FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com, ramping up to 121 locations picking and packing e-commerce orders. Website access to continues to be randomized to avoid overwhelming the site with high traffic, prevent order abuse, and prolong access throughout the day so that order availability isn&rsquo;t exhausted in seconds or minutes each day.
				Beer distributors in Pennsylvania may continue sales for off-premises consumption.
				The PLCB is not considering reopening stores to the public at this time, although the agency continues to monitor the situation in consultation with the Wolf Administration and public health officials.
				Special Order Program
				In response to requests from retail licensees and suppliers, the PLCB also announced that it is re-opening its Special Order program, which offers items not stocked by the PLCB, in a limited capacity.
				The Special Order program will resume this month only for retail licensees that also have a wine expanded permit, since they are the only retail licensees that can sell wine to-go and since all sales and service of on-premises consumption is prohibited until further notice.
				The PLCB is not considering reopening stores to the public at this time, although it continues to monitor the situation in consultation with the Wolf Administration and public health officials.
				All holders of wine expanded permits will be able to order Special Orders beginning Wednesday, April 22, with no limitations to the Special Order catalogue or order size. Licensees will be able to pick up Special Orders from designated PLCB locations beginning Friday, April 24.
				Fourteen locations across Pennsylvania &mdash; including Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County &mdash; have been designated for licensee Special Order deliveries and pickups, by appointment.

PLCB begins limited curbside delivery program