Bethany Foods, Casey’s first to receive liquor licenses

Photo by RR Best
Pictured from left to right are: Bethany Foods owner Atta Abbed, Bethany mayor Bill Ashley, village trustees Dick Roe and Craig Wigness and former Bethany mayor Barb Meador.

by Derek Pope
Bethany Reporter

With nearly a month of liquor sales on the books for most eligible businesses in Bethany, there is no doubt retail establishments have benefited from the repeal of alcohol prohibition in the small town. Local business owner, Atta Abbed, of Bethany foods said that liquor sales “have definitely been a plus” for his business, which has seen an increase in sales in excess of his initial expectations. Bethany Foods, along with Casey’s General Store, was among the first establishments to begin offering sales of alcohol in Bethany on November 6.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.