Droogy wrote:Someone just sent this to me as an FYI.. not involved in this in any way...
Media Advisory - Chain convenience stores including 7-Eleven, Mac's (Couche Tard), and Petro-Canada (Suncor) to unveil major initiative to boost Ontario's craft beer and wine industriesTORONTO, Oct. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Large convenience store retailers accounting for over 3,000 locations in Ontario will be making a major announcement about an initiative that would provide a significant boost to the growth and profile of Ontario's craft beer and wine industries.
Representatives of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OCSA) and major retailers will be at Queen's Park to speak about what this initiative could mean for Ontario's craft breweries and wineries.
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2012
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Queen's Park Media Studio
Main Legislative Building
Toronto, Ontario
SOURCE Ontario Convenience Stores Association
Cass wrote:Here's the press release...
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1249805 ... ario-s-cra
No more detail on that. If this is actually beer in convenience stores and it has flown under the radar that would be remarkable. I can't help but be pessimistic though....
Cass wrote:Here's the press release...
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1249805 ... ario-s-cra
No more detail on that. If this is actually beer in convenience stores and it has flown under the radar that would be remarkable. I can't help but be pessimistic though....
Kel Varnsen wrote:Everytime I read these kind of stories it makes me wonder why the big grocery players like Walmart, Costco and Loblaws aren't getting in on the action. I mean if the law were to change I am sure all of them would sell beer. And I know at least Costco and Walmart sell beer in other places. Those companies must have a fair amount of political power too, so with them not commenting do they know something we don't know.
Personally I would rather see beer being sold from bars with things like off sales, growler fills or cold beer and wine stores attached to bars. I mean it just seems like breweries would need a whole army of extra sales reps to go around to all of the little corner stores and try to convince them to carry your product a case or two at a time. At least with bars you already have sales reps going to those locations anyways.
squeaky wrote:Plus getting into corner stores would be the best thing that's ever happened to craft brewers. They could finally sell bottles of their smaller brews somewhere other than from the brewery and whatever they can sell in kegs to bars.
Kel Varnsen wrote:squeaky wrote:Plus getting into corner stores would be the best thing that's ever happened to craft brewers. They could finally sell bottles of their smaller brews somewhere other than from the brewery and whatever they can sell in kegs to bars.
Would it be though? I mean lets say that every corner store is allowed to sell beer on top of every beer store and LCBO. How many more sales reps would each brewery need so that they could go around to every corner store and get orders taken for one case of beer at a time? That's kind of why I prefer if the system changed as off sales through bars. I mean breweries already have relationships with bar owners and know which bars can move their products.
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