Group lobbies for full-strength beer at Kansas grocery, convenience stores

The debate over whether full-strength beer should be sold in Kansas retail, convenience and grocery stores returned to Topeka this week.

The Coalition for Jobs and Consumer Choice — its membership includes QuikTrip, Walmart, Hy-Vee, and Casey’s General Stores — held a press conference at the State House on Tuesday to lobby for a change in the liquor laws which currently only allow beer and wine coolers with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent to be sold at retail locations.