American Beverage Licensees

Responsibility

SERVER TRAINING

Learn2Serve Virtual University

Learn2Serve, the nation's leading provider of online alcohol seller/server and food safety training courses, has created a “ Virtual University ” . This university is comprised of a catalog of Learn2Serve's certification and compliance courses that cover all the mission-critical topics needed to responsibly

sell or serve alcohol. It also provides a convenient alternative to traditional classroom based instruction without compromising the quality of server/seller training. Learn2Serve's online training courses provide on- and off-premise alcohol beverage retailers with an efficient means for training themselves, their managers and their employees.

DRUNK DRIVING	ABL continues to promote this responsibility message that encourages everyone to drink responsibly and drive responsibly
It recognizes the millions of Americans who responsibly consume adult beverages at a tavern, a restaurant, or a friend's house before safely driving home.

Effective Traffic Safety Solutions to Stop Drunk Driving - An ABL Toolbox

ABL continues to support an aggressive campaign to fight drunk driving and improve traffic safety. In 2008 it introduced “Effective Traffic Safety Solutions to Stop Drunk Driving - An ABL Toolbox” . The “toolbox” assists alcohol beverage retailers, industry associates and legislators by providing them with a means of advocating for effective and sensible drunk driving solutions as well as opposing universal ignition interlocks on all vehicles.

UNDERAGE ACCESS TO ALCOHOL

We Don't Serve Teens

ABL and its affiliates continue its support of the Federal Trade Commission's We Don't Serve Teens public education campaign to help prevent teenagers from getting easy access to alcohol, and to promote compliance with the legal drinking age of 21.

ABL staff produced a press release and made outreach to all ABL affiliates. Fourteen ABL affiliates or representatives of those affiliates responded and requested materials.

Civil Penalty Programs

Pioneered by ABL member Brown Jug in Anchorage , Alaska , the Civil Penalty concept for fighting underage access to alcohol takes an innovative approach by empowering beverage retailers to take an even more active role in preventing underage access to alcohol. Civil Penalty programs are now being advocated for in states throughout the country. To learn more about the program, click here.

Responsible Retailing Forum
ABL and its affiliates are active members in the
Responsible Retailing Forum . The RRF brings 
together public and private stakeholders—

regulatory and enforcement agencies; attorneys general; public health agencies and advocates; retailers and their associations; distributors and producers; and researchers—in order to (1) identify and promulgate Best Practices to prevent underage sales of age-restricted products; and (2) examine the impacts of RR policies from the diverse perspectives of these different stakeholders.

5101 River Road, Suite 108 Bethesda, MD 20816-1560

Phone: 301-656-1494 Fax: 301-656-7539