Missouri Beer & Wine in Grocery Stores (2026)

Beer & Wine in Grocery Stores in states bordering Missouri

The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.

• ArkansasPermitted

  Arkansas groceries can sell beer and wine under a grocery-store off-premises wine permit, but only if the store sits in wet territory — and many Arkansas counties remain dry. No more than 20% of the store's gross sales may come from alcohol.

  Verified Jul 28, 2026 · Source: dfa.arkansas.gov · Full Arkansas rule →

• IllinoisPermitted

  In Illinois, groceries and convenience stores sell all three — beer, wine and spirits — because the state retailer's license carries no product-class limit, but local rules still apply. A local liquor license from the municipal or county commissioner is also required, and Illinois permits local-option dry precincts and locally set hours.

  Verified Jul 28, 2026 · Source: ilga.gov · Full Illinois rule →

• IowaPermitted

  In Iowa, groceries and convenience stores sell all three — beer, wine and spirits — under a Class E license. Iowa is a control state at wholesale only: the state is the sole spirits wholesaler, but retail is private.

  Verified Jul 28, 2026 · Source: legis.iowa.gov · Full Iowa rule →

• KansasConditional

  In Kansas, groceries and convenience stores hold off-premise Cereal Malt Beverage licenses, which cover only cereal malt beverage and beer of up to 6% alcohol by volume — wine and spirits are not sold in grocery stores, only in liquor stores.

  Verified Jul 2, 2026 · Source: ksrevenue.gov · Full Kansas rule →

• KentuckyConditional

  In Kentucky, groceries and gas stations may sell beer only — not wine and not spirits — and many counties are dry or "moist," so check locally. KRS 243.230(5) bars a quota package license at any premises where a substantial part of the business (10% or more of monthly gross sales) is staple groceries or gasoline. That is why Kentucky supermarkets have a physically separate attached liquor store.

  Verified Jul 28, 2026 · Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov · Full Kentucky rule →

• NebraskaPermitted

  In Nebraska, groceries and convenience stores sell all three — beer, wine and spirits — with Sunday spirits sales starting at noon.

  Verified Aug 2, 2026 · Source: nebraskalegislature.gov · Full Nebraska rule →

• OklahomaPermitted

  In Oklahoma, groceries and convenience stores may sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption only, and a retail beer and wine licensee may not sell anything over 15% alcohol by volume. Spirits are sold only at licensed retail spirits (liquor) stores.

  Verified Jul 2, 2026 · Source: oklahoma.gov · Full Oklahoma rule →

• TennesseePermitted

  In Tennessee, groceries and convenience stores sell beer, and they can sell wine only with a retail food store wine license — spirits are package-store only, and dry counties persist. That wine license requires at least 1,200 square feet, at least 20% of taxable sales from food, and a jurisdiction that approved wine sales by local-option election. Wine hours run from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday, and Sunday sales have been allowed only since 1 Jan 2019.

  Verified Jul 28, 2026 · Source: tn.gov · Full Tennessee rule →