Does that include direct delivery by the brewery?Rob Creighton wrote:TBS either delivers or gets a cut of every ounce of beer delivered to the LCBO. Does nobody know this????? The system is designed in their favour.
Sorry, but this is common knowledge to me and shocking that anybody believes otherwise.
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I don't know if that's the case for Ontario brews, but it's actually the other way around for imports (even from other provinces)... everything must go through the LCBO.
From:
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors ... bution.php
Out-of-province breweries seeking to distribute beer in Ontario must apply for a listing at the Brewers Retail. They pay the required fee of $23,870 per brand per package size, meet all criteria for laboratory, packaging, labeling, pricing and bar coding, sign the agreement and then begin shipping beer through the LCBO to the BR distribution system to as many BR stores as the brewery selects. As the LCBO is the sole importer of all beverage alcohol into Ontario, all beer must go through LCBO warehousing.
If a brewery chooses to go through the LCBO, in lieu of the BR stores, it still must meet laboratory, packaging, labeling and bar code requirements. But LCBO fee structure is less onerous than BR's, with only a cost of service fee, or handling fee. However, the LCBO decides which outlets the out-of-province beer is shipped. If an adequate sales target is not met by the brewery/importer, then the LCBO may delist the product at its discretion.
From:
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors ... bution.php
Out-of-province breweries seeking to distribute beer in Ontario must apply for a listing at the Brewers Retail. They pay the required fee of $23,870 per brand per package size, meet all criteria for laboratory, packaging, labeling, pricing and bar coding, sign the agreement and then begin shipping beer through the LCBO to the BR distribution system to as many BR stores as the brewery selects. As the LCBO is the sole importer of all beverage alcohol into Ontario, all beer must go through LCBO warehousing.
If a brewery chooses to go through the LCBO, in lieu of the BR stores, it still must meet laboratory, packaging, labeling and bar code requirements. But LCBO fee structure is less onerous than BR's, with only a cost of service fee, or handling fee. However, the LCBO decides which outlets the out-of-province beer is shipped. If an adequate sales target is not met by the brewery/importer, then the LCBO may delist the product at its discretion.
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[quote]May 14, 1999 -- Industry sources have confirmed that the Brewers Retail Inc. (BRI), the source of roughly 90% of all bottled and canned beer sales in Ontario, will shortly announce a major restructuring of their listing fee system. The new system, which may be made official as early as next week, will lessen the costs of BRI access for small brewers.
According to sources, the new listing fee will be $2,500 per package size of each brand listed. In addition, breweries will have to pay an access fee of $200 for each store in which the brand will be stocked, up to a total maximum of $24,930, listing and store fees combined. This new price structure replaces the old general listing fee of $24,930 per brand per package size, which provided access to the BRI's entire system of over four hundred stores.
For the small brewery, the finances of the new system are attractive. If a brewery wishes to list two brands in six pack sizes at twenty key stores, for example, the new fee system will cost them $13,000. Under the old system, the cost would have been $49,860.( From World of Beer )
Was this new listing fee plan ever implemented, and how much does the Beer store get for every sale?
According to sources, the new listing fee will be $2,500 per package size of each brand listed. In addition, breweries will have to pay an access fee of $200 for each store in which the brand will be stocked, up to a total maximum of $24,930, listing and store fees combined. This new price structure replaces the old general listing fee of $24,930 per brand per package size, which provided access to the BRI's entire system of over four hundred stores.
For the small brewery, the finances of the new system are attractive. If a brewery wishes to list two brands in six pack sizes at twenty key stores, for example, the new fee system will cost them $13,000. Under the old system, the cost would have been $49,860.( From World of Beer )
Was this new listing fee plan ever implemented, and how much does the Beer store get for every sale?