Retail
Liquor, beer and wine stores
Licensing, age checks and returnable bottles. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 4453
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- licensed premises
- age-restricted sales
- bottle deposits and returnable crates
- tastings
- delivery rules
- case discounts
Typical roles
- clerk
- manager
- licence holder
- delivery driver
- buyer
Day-to-day flows
- check age
- sell by bottle or case
- take back empties and refund deposits
- receive licensed deliveries
- sell tasting-room items
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards
- mobile wallets recorded manually
- account credit for restaurants
Inventory and assets
- SKUs with vintage or lot
- case and unit
- returnable containers
- excise stamps in some markets
Reports they ask for
- sales by supplier
- excise or licensing summaries
- empties balance
- dead stock
Integrations they need
- supplier ordering
- excise reporting
- delivery routes
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | C Catalogued | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | C Catalogued | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no licence-hour enforcement
- no excise-stamp tracking
- no ID scanning or age estimation
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Age-restricted item prompt SALE-0045
- Product age restriction flag INV-0041
- Product expiry tracking INV-0033
- Batch / lot tracking INV-0034
- Batch recall INV-0063
- Customer ID capture for boleta > [amount omitted] SALE-0077
- ISC (selective consumption) PRC-0025
- Product grid / quick keys SALE-0002
- Favorites / most-sold page SALE-0004
- Line price override with permission SALE-0016
- Recall parked sale SALE-0028
- Service charge (cover/gratuity) SALE-0054
- Partial payment / deposit SALE-0060
- Order-ready notification to customer SALE-0090
- Cancel ticket with reason TKT-0017
- Order fire/hold TKT-0023
Sub-verticals
Wine merchant
vintages, tastings, cases
Open →Sub-verticalCraft beer shop
kegs and growlers
Open →Sub-verticalBodega with licensed sales
grocery and alcohol together
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- licensing, opening hours and sales-hour limits
- age checks
- alcohol-specific tax and labelling rules
- delivery limits (themes to verify locally)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- ID check refused
- deposit on crates
- mixed case discounts
- breakage
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4453 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Specialty Retailers: Other; Beverages
- Fit
- Close fit
Public references consulted
- NCR press release: age verification at self-checkout (2018) (excerpt)
Questions
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