Graham’s police department assisted the Alamance Alcohol Law Enforcement Response team in conducting a compliance check on alcohol sales in June, according to a release from the police department issued Thursday, August 4.
Twelve of 42 ABC-licensed establishments failed their compliance check, a 28 percent failure rate – although an improvement over an earlier check in March when 40 percent of stores failed.
The purpose of this operation, according to police, was to ensure compliance with state law prohibitions on underage alcohol sales.
Among Alamance County establishments with ABC permits, 42 were checked. Of those, 12 were found to have violated the law and sold an alcoholic beverage to the underage participants. The 12 stores cited for failing to comply are listed as:
Alamance County
Hot Spot Graham (Citgo) 1101 E Main St (Swepsonville)
Burlington
Grove Park Family Fare, 2123 S Church St
Maple Avenue BP, 2611 Maple Ave
Dollar General, 1031 S Williamson Ave
Lowes Foods, 1191 University Drive
Refuel, 118 728 N Church St
Burlington Food Mart, 217 S Ireland St
Graham
Power Up (Powercade), 110 N Main St
Haw River
Hot Spot 330, Roxboro Rd
Venus Mart 1201, E Main St
Mebane
Ray’s Food Mart, 1525 Highway 119
Pilot Travel Center 1342 Trollingwood-Hawfields Rd
PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION: A subsequent release from the Graham police department (on August 19, 2022) removed Loves Travel Stop, 1217 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road from the non-compliance list, which had been included on the department’s initial release of August 4, 2022. “This was an error made while compiling notes and information from various agencies,” according to Captain Tony Velez, support services division commander and the Graham police department’s public information officer. The same correction added, instead, a truck stop on the opposite side of the same interchange, Pilot Travel Center, 1342 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road, as a non-compliant location.
Meanwhile, 30 of the 42 stores that were checked and passed (found to comply), including all four state ABC stores. Others with passing marks are listed as:
Alamance County
K&J Grill, 4038 NC Highway 62
Dollar General, 2523 NC Highway 54
Burlington
ABC Store, 3053 S Church St
ABC Store, 1940 N Mebane St
Fairway One Stop, 1382 S Church St
Speedway, 653 Webb Ave
Food Lion, 3535 S Church St
L&M Mini Mart, 3503 S Church St
Amoco Food Shop, 1103 Huffman Mill Rd
La Cocina, 309 Huffman Mill Rd Unit 570
Bela Grocery, 1846 N Church St
Circle K, 1110 Huffman Mill Rd
Joes Shopwell Mini Mart (Citgo) ,1204 Apple St
Graham
ABC Store, 603 W Harden St
Carlie C’s, 807 S Main St
Family Fare, 301 S Main St
6 to 1 Mini Mart, 201 W Harden St
Family Dollar, 116 E Harden St
Smart Buy, 508 S Main St
Pilot Travel Center, 1044 Jimmie Kerr Rd
Pilot Travel Center (Flying J) ,1043 Jimmie Kerr Rd
Haw River
Food Lion, 1125 Roxboro St
Quick Check ,2655 N Church St
Mebane
ABC Store, 1409 S 3rd St
Speedway, 1105 Mebane Oaks Rd
Lowes Foods, 1020 Mebane Oaks Rd
Food Lion, 1282 S 5th St
Food Lion, 601 N First St
Sheetz, 1237 Mebane Oaks Rd
See coverage of the April operation, those businesses that passed and those that didn’t: https://alamancenews.com/sting-nails-17-local-retailers-for-underage-alcohol-sales/
