January
11, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Dean R. Argo
(334)
213-6330
With the number of
Alabamians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic steadily increasing, the Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is taking some additional steps to better
ensure the safety and welfare of its employees and customers. The operational
changes include the temporary closing of 41 retail locations around the state.
“Closing
some of our stores will provide the greatest amount of employee/customer
protection, while ensuring maximum productivity and efficiency,” said ABC Board
Administrator Mac Gipson. “Our primary concern is the health and well-being of
our employees and patrons.”
Last March, the Board shuttered 78 retail
locations and made operational and staffing changes in response to the COVID-19
outbreak. Stores reopened as infection numbers improved. However, recent
changes implemented by the education and business communities, as well an
increase in the number of virus exposures and infections, have made staffing 175
retail stores challenging at best.
Stores scheduled
to close will cease operations at the end of business, Saturday, Jan. 16 and
are expected to reopen late February or early March. A total of 79 personnel
currently assigned to “closing” stores will be temporarily re-assigned to
“open” stores in their area.
“Our goal here is to operate as efficiently and safely as possible,
while providing our
customers with the premier service they’ve come to expect,”
Gipson said.
The following stores will close
Jan. 16, 2021:
District 1:
Store 29, Helena
Store 92, Hoover
Store 121, Columbiana
Store 146, Pelham
District 2:
Store 30, Tarrant City
Store 143, Chalkville
Store 230, Pinson
District 3:
Store 13, Rainbow City
Store 94, Anniston
Store 122, Attala
District 4:
Store 62, Mobile
Store 164 Mobile
District 5:
Store 33, Opelika
Store 226, Opelika
District 6:
Store 3, Montgomery
Store 5, Montgomery
Store 112, Hayneville
District 7:
Store 6, Geneva
Store 71, Clayton
Store 89, Dothan
District 8:
Store 138, Tuscaloosa
Store 183, Tuscaloosa
District 9:
Store 93, Eight Mile
Store 117, Linden
Store 10, Citronelle
District 10:
Store 63, Pike Road
Store 118, Prattville
Store 229, Montgomery
District 11:
Store 7, Spanish Fort
Store 179, Robertsdale
District 12:
Store 19, Decatur
Store 48, Madison
Store 74, Sheffield
District 13:
Store 23, Huntsville
Store 90, Huntsville
Store 97, Brownsboro
District 14:
Store 18, Birmingham
Store 26, Bessemer
District 15:
Store 9, Lincoln
Store 27, Childersburg
Store 57, Lineville
The ABC Board will send out updates as
they occur. As always, please check the ABC Board website
(http://alabcboard.gov/) for open and closed store locations and additional
operational updates.
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