BUFFALO, N.Y. - The New York State Liquor Authority announced Wednesday that Wegmans Food Markets and five of their affiliated liquor stores have been fined for availing their liquor license.
The liquor authority says that the only store in the Western New York region that was fined was the location on Amherst Street in Buffalo; all other locations were in Rochester, Johnson City and Fayetteville, New York.
Wegmans was fined $750,000 to settle eight charges, including six violations for availing their license to five affiliated liquor stores, one charge for availing the license of a wholesaler, one charge for aiding and abetting illegal gifts and services, and one charge for illegally trafficking in wine.
Each store was also additionally fined $75,000 for charges of availing their license to Wegmans and accepting illegal gifts and services from Milton’s Wholesale.
Wegmans has already appointed a new Corporate Compliance Officer and instituted a new corporate compliance program to mitigate additional legal complications in the future and subsequently prevent the company from losing its' license.