And more and more millennials are getting turned on to wine.” A lot of collectors are buying different bottles of custom blends that are a lot like craft beers, only with whiskey. “It’s picked up a lot over the past couple of years. “We’re going through a whiskey boom,” he said. We want to gauge how it goes first.”Įlmazian said whiskey is especially popular with customers these days. ![]() We have about 50 employees companywide and we haven’t hired any additional employees for this. “Amazon is projecting about 300 units (of sales) a month but they are new to this market so it’s hard to tell. “This is our first day of going live with the delivery service,” he said. Getting the infrastructure together to offer delivery service like this would be both costly and time-consuming for them.”Įlmazian, whose chain of stores serves about a million customers a year, said he’s not sure what to expect in terms of demand for the new service. “And local stores get to leverage our high-end technology and expertise. “A lot of people have their favorite stores where they love to shop so this expands our product selection,” she said. Ip deems it a win-win situation for both sides. Service helps Amazon and local businessesĪmazon provides the drivers and vehicles to make the deliveries. Then a driver comes to pick it up and deliver them within that two- or one-hour window.” Orders come in through mobile phones and we pack them up. ![]() They showed us how the app works and what we need to do. “So we had to get our catalog together for them and we also went through a training process with Amazon. “We’ve had a website for the last 15 years, which has been growing,” he said. Joe Elmazian, Mission Wine’s general manager, said the company began laying the groundwork for the delivery service a year ago. But the South Glendale Avenue store is the only one offering Prime Now service. Mission Wine & Spirits has an additional location in Glendale, another in Sherman Oaks and a fourth in Pasadena. We launched Prime Now in 2014 and we’ve expanded it to 30 cities around the U.S.” ![]() “Our customers can have tens of thousands of items delivered to their door. “We’ve partnered with local stores around the country on this,” Amazon spokeswoman Amanda Ip said. The delivery service is available from 10 a.m. Both versions will reveal a series of local business banners, including Mission Wine & Spirits. To access the service, visit or download the Prime Now mobile app. Two-hour delivery through Prime Now is free and one-hour delivery is $7.99. ![]() Prime members can download the Prime Now app, which is available on iOS and Android devices, and they’ll be notified when the service is available in their Zip code. The e-commerce company announced Wednesday that its Prime Now delivery service is offering super-fast delivery of beer, wine and liquor from Mission Wine & Spirits at 708 S. A year passed, some of another, and Mission is finally closed for its renovation/soon-to-be close up.Got a hankering for some beer, wine or whiskey on short notice?Īmazon has got you covered. You know how paperwork goes, especially in Glendale. Part of the renovation would be to have, like, three or four miles of beer cases to fill with all Gary's dreams. More importantly, Gary has a dream: to be the biggest beer retailer IN THE WORLD! We all need our dreams - well, based on last night not mine, but you know what I mean. Gary manages that store, and he was generous in embracing this uncouth troglodyte as part of his clientele. It was just a quick move-in to capitalize on the holidays while paperwork was being secured for renovation in the early new year. They opened a second Glendale location when they took over the world's greatest-named liquor store, Hammered Liquors (Glendale Maple). There are four of them, the first in Pasadena, on Washington. Whenever I ask anyone if they go to Mission Wine and Spirits, they usually think I mean this place, but no. There is a place in South Pasadena called Mission Wines.
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