A regular customer of the Grey Lynn supermarket, on Westmoreland St West, told the Herald they had been unable to buy wine or beer when they visited the store yesterday.
"The booze is covered in black-covered plastic sheets with notes saying 'no sales for a week'."
This is not the first time the Grey Lynn Farro branch has had its licence suspended.
Last year, media reported the supermarket had breached its licence by selling the Italian liqueur limoncello - which has a higher alcohol content than the wines and beers typically sold at supermarkets which are under the 15 per cent by volume threshold set out in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.
And in September 2013, a controlled purchase operation found the Grey Lynn supermarket sold alcohol to a person under 18 and the supermarket licence was suspended for five days from January 1, 2014.
Farro founders Janine and James Draper were unable to be reached for comment last night.
The upmarket chain is not the only supermarket to be stung in the past year for a licensing breach.
On August 19, 2012, a member of the public alerted police after seeing a man drive his car through Takapuna Countdown's carpark before mounting the kerb.
He was sold alcohol by a cashier, despite swaying, stumbling and fumbling with his possessions.
Earlier this year, the supermarket was banned from selling booze for a week.
And Auckland's Rydges Hotel was left dry for nearly a month over the January holiday period because of a mix-up in renewing its liquor licence.
