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CTV News
2 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
Beer store locations open on the Civic Holiday, here's where
With the Civic Holiday just around the corner, The Beer Store wants to help Ontarians prepare for their long weekend. Whether you're heading to the cottage, hosting friends, or relaxing at home and want keep your cooler stocked with cold drinks, here are a few things you should know. 'The Beer Store is open at select locations across Ontario so you can be ready for the long weekend,' said Ozzie Ahmed, VP retail TBS. 'We know customers appreciate the convenience of The Beer Store – cold beer and an efficient empty alcohol container return system that gets people their money back.' The Beer Store wants you to remember to return your empty alcohol containers to get a deposit back. On Mon., August 5, these Beer Store locations across the region will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Alliston – 161 Yonge Street. Barrie -30 Anne Street, south - 531 Bayfield Street.- 640 Yonge Street. Collingwood – 415 First Street. Huntsville – 18 Hanes Road. (Drive-Thru Only) Orangeville – 270 Broadway Street. Orillia – 275 Atherly Road. Owen Sound – 1155 First Avenue, east. Wasaga Beach – 100 Mosely Street. Newmarket – 1100 Davis Drive. Midland – 9350 Hwy. #93 For a full list of locations across the province and holiday hours, click here.
Global News
a day ago
- Business
- Global News
Another 11 Beer Store locations set to close because of ‘changes in the retail market'
Another 11 Beer Store locations will close their doors in September, the company has announced, as it continues to steadily shutter its storefronts facing competition from grocery, convenience and big box stores. The latest round of store closures will affect places like Brampton, Barrie and Wawa, Ont., which will stop operating on Sept. 28, a news release confirmed. A statement from The Beer Store, which has accompanied each of its store closure announcements, said it was a 'difficult decision,' which came as a result of 'changes in the retail market in Ontario.' It's coming up on a year since the Ford government allowed grocery, convenience and big box stores to start selling alcohol. In order to make that possible, the province had to break an exclusivity agreement with The Beer Store, setting aside $225 million for the company. Story continues below advertisement Under the agreement signed between the two, the Beer Store must keep at least 300 locations open until the end of this year. After that, it can close as many stores as it chooses. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The Beer Store itself will not officially confirm how many stores it has closed, nor will it say whether any stores will be left open when its agreement with the government expires. The company is owned by Molson, Labatt and Sleeman. Calculations by Global News based on public announcements and figures from the union representing workers at The Beer Store show the latest raft of closures will take the total to more than 90 since the changes to how alcohol is sold in Ontario were announced. The stores set to close on Sept. 28 are: Bala, 3025 Hwy. #169, Bala, ON, P0C 1A0 Brampton, 10585 Bramalea Rd., Bldg. D., Brampton, ON, L6R 0C1 Clinton, 30 Mill St., Clinton, ON, N0M 1L0 Morrisburg, 111 Main St., Morrisburg, ON, K0C 1X0 Norwich, 49 Stover St. S., Norwich, ON, N0J 1P0 Red Lake, 35 Birks Dr., Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0 Rodney, 167 Queen St., PO Box 224, Rodney, ON, N0L 2C0 Sharbot Lake, 24585 Hwy. #7, PO Box 10, Sharbot Lake, ON, K0H 2P0 South Porcupine, 4145 Harold Ave, South Porcupine, ON, P0N 1H0 Wawa, 156 Mission Rd., Wawa, ON, P0S 1K0 Wingham, 482 Josephine St., Wingham, ON, N0G 2W0 Announcing the closure, the Beer Store added a reminder for people to continue to use its stores to recycle empties. Story continues below advertisement More than 1.6 billion alcohol containers were processed at its locations annually. All grocery stores that sell alcohol will be required to accept the return of empties and refund customer deposits starting on Jan. 1, 2026, as part of provincial regulations, the Beer Store said. — with files The Canadian Press
CTV News
a day ago
- Business
- CTV News
Beer Store closing locations in Morrisburg and Sharbot Lake this fall
A Beer Store location is seen in this undated photo. (The Beer Store) The Beer Store is closing its stores in Morrisburg and Sharbot Lake this fall, as the retailer continues to close outlets across Ontario. On Monday, the Beer Store announced 11 more locations will close on Sept. 28, including the location on Main Street in Morrisburg and on Highway 7 in Sharbot Lake. 'The Beer Store is adapting to changes in the retail market in Ontario. This is an ongoing process and includes making the difficult decision to close some retail locations. We know this is difficult for customers, employees and the communities where we operate,' Ozzie Ahmed, vice president of Retail at the Beer Store, said in a statement. 'As the Beer Store modernizes, we'll continue to be the best place for ice-cold beer, friendly customer service and a deposit return system that gets consumers their money back.' The Beer Store has announced the closure of dozens of places across Ontario this spring. Earlier this month, the Beer Store said its location on St. Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa will close on Sept. 14. The Glebe location closed on July 20 and its Manotick outlet will close in August.
CTV News
a day ago
- Business
- CTV News
Beer Store closing more locations across southern Ontario
A Beer Store location is seen in this undated photo. (The Beer Store) The Beer Store has announced another round of closures, effective Sept. 28. Locations closing Bala Brampton Clinton Morrisburg Norwich Red Lake Rodney Sharbot Lake South Porcupine Wawa Wingham The Beer Store encourages customers to continue returning more than the 1.6 billion alcohol containers we process annually to one of our local Beer Store locations or an empty return dealer located close by. 'The Beer Store is adapting to changes in the retail market in Ontario. This is an ongoing process and includes making the difficult decision to close some retail locations. We know this is difficult for customers, employees and the communities where we operate,' said Ozzie Ahmed, vice president retail. 'As the Beer Store modernizes, we'll continue to be the best place for ice-cold beer, friendly customer service and a deposit return system that gets consumers their money back.' All grocery stores that sell alcohol will be required to accept the return of empties and refund customer deposits starting Jan. 1, 2026.
CBC
21-07-2025
- Business
- CBC
Two Sudbury area Beer Stores close their doors, more across the north to shut next month
New 'We lost two banks and now The Beer Store.. what's next?' asks Azilda local Image | Azilda Beer store closes Caption: Customers enter the Azilda Beer Store on Friday. It closed its doors for the last time Sunday night, one of 50 shuttering across the province. (Kayla Guerrette/CBC) On Sunday night, several more Beer Store locations across Ontario closed their doors for good, including the outlets in the Greater Sudbury communities of Levack and Azilda. "It's very disappointing. I was a liquor store manager for 38 years. I knew all the former managers at the [Beer Store] in Azilda and they were providing an excellent customer service to the community," said Denis Gaudet, who has lived and worked in Azilda for 30 years. "We keep loosing businesses in Azilda, we recently lost our local CIBC and Desjardins banks. Now The Beer Store. What's next?" The Beer Store has announced plans to close 50 stores across the province so far. This comes close on the heels of the Ontario government's long-awaited decision to allow beer and wine to be sold in convenience stores. The Azilda Beer Store location is in the same plaza as an LCBO store and just around the corner from the Kwik-Way conventience store "Sales have gone up slightly. Now we expect it to go up more because there was a beer store close by now that store is closing so we hope that sales and more people will come from this town." said owner Indu Saini. "People are always like 'OMG now we can buy beer at 11 o'clock at night, we can buy at 10 o'clock, so people are happy no one is complaining." Saini said the strong alcohol sales have helped in the face of an overall drop in sales, she blames on consistent inflation. More Beer Store locations are scheduled to close this summer, including Iroquois Falls on Aug. 10 and Garson, Powassan and Blind River on Aug. 24.
