§ 14526.5

(a) “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of six million dollars ($6,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry groceries, canned goods, alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages, nonfood items, or some perishable items, regardless of whether the retail store operates a bakery or a deli. For purposes of determining which dealers are “supermarkets,” the department shall consult the most recent annual update to the Progressive Grocer Marketing Guidebook and any other relevant update developed in conjunction with that guidebook.

(b) Notwithstanding the changes to this section made by the act adding this subdivision, a recycling center that was eligible to receive handling fees immediately before the effective date of that act shall continue to be eligible to receive handling fees on and after that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 319, Sec. 1. (SB 955) Effective September 18, 2026.)