What changed · June 7, 2026
Delaware · Alcohol
grocery beer wine
Before
Now
The rule today
Delaware does not let grocery or convenience stores sell beer, wine or spirits for take-home. The off-premises retail license (4 Del. C. § 516) goes to a "package store," and state law defines a package store as an establishment whose principal business is selling alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption — expressly "not ... a grocery store, convenience store, drug store, hotel, restaurant, club, delicatessen, tobacco retailer, or cigar store" (§ 101(36)). So all three — spirits, wine and beer — are sold for home use only at licensed package stores (by the bottle, half bottle or keg), with seals unbroken, unless the store also holds a growler-filler permit to fill and cap beer containers at the time of sale. Restaurants and taprooms have their own limited carry-out rules under the same section.
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