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LCBO Macro Price Jumps

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LCBO Macro Price Jumps

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Not like too many folks on here are drinking these, but the LCBO Beer Watch twitter account is having a busy day keeping track of all the price jumps in marco beers.

https://twitter.com/LCBOWatch

Examples, 24 of Rolling Rock up $3, 12 pack of Bud Crown up $3.55, etc.

Probably an alright move for some craft breweries, since they are closer in price to the macros now, but still, what a great retail system!
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groulxsome wrote:Examples, 24 of Rolling Rock up $3, 12 pack of Bud Crown up $3.55, etc.
Huh? Last I checked, the LCBO didn't sell any beer format larger than a 6 pack. Why do they have listings for 12s & 24s?
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GregClow wrote:
groulxsome wrote:Examples, 24 of Rolling Rock up $3, 12 pack of Bud Crown up $3.55, etc.
Huh? Last I checked, the LCBO didn't sell any beer format larger than a 6 pack. Why do they have listings for 12s & 24s?
Some rural stores and agency stores carry the larger formats
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Post by Frere Ambroise »

icemachine is correct.

There are some stores deemed as "combo" stores where the population doesn't warrant having both a TBS and LCBO -- so LCBOs have the 24s TBS selection.

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Macros must be bleeding pretty badly.
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icemachine wrote:
GregClow wrote:
groulxsome wrote:Examples, 24 of Rolling Rock up $3, 12 pack of Bud Crown up $3.55, etc.
Huh? Last I checked, the LCBO didn't sell any beer format larger than a 6 pack. Why do they have listings for 12s & 24s?
Some rural stores and agency stores carry the larger formats
Ah, right - I knew that, just slipped my mind. Carry on, then.
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Frere Ambroise wrote:icemachine is correct.

There are some stores deemed as "combo" stores where the population doesn't warrant having both a TBS and LCBO -- so LCBOs have the 24s TBS selection.

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Drove by many of those Agency stores last weekend up north....was weird seeing signs on the side of the road for "beer, liquor, groceries, gas" ... one day that may seem normal in Ontario....
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El Pinguino wrote:Drove by many of those Agency stores last weekend up north....was weird seeing signs on the side of the road for "beer, liquor, groceries, gas" ... one day that may seem normal in Ontario....
What's so crazy about those combo stores are they are exactly what TBS says with their PR machine will be the downfall of society if beer was in corner stores.
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Cass wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:Drove by many of those Agency stores last weekend up north....was weird seeing signs on the side of the road for "beer, liquor, groceries, gas" ... one day that may seem normal in Ontario....
What's so crazy about those combo stores are they are exactly what TBS says with their PR machine will be the downfall of society if beer was in corner stores.
Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
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squeaky wrote:
Cass wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:Drove by many of those Agency stores last weekend up north....was weird seeing signs on the side of the road for "beer, liquor, groceries, gas" ... one day that may seem normal in Ontario....
What's so crazy about those combo stores are they are exactly what TBS says with their PR machine will be the downfall of society if beer was in corner stores.
Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
Hey we got all kinds of Society -Why just in my home town there's the Agricultural society, the Presbyterian Ladies society and The Anglican Women's Society
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icemachine wrote:
squeaky wrote:
Cass wrote: What's so crazy about those combo stores are they are exactly what TBS says with their PR machine will be the downfall of society if beer was in corner stores.
Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
Hey we got all kinds of Society -Why just in my home town there's the Agricultural society, the Presbyterian Ladies society and The Anglican Women's Society
Where's your hometown? I'm assuming you don't mean Aurora, which really isn't Northern Ontario.
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squeaky wrote:
icemachine wrote:
squeaky wrote: Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
Hey we got all kinds of Society -Why just in my home town there's the Agricultural society, the Presbyterian Ladies society and The Anglican Women's Society
Where's your hometown? I'm assuming you don't mean Aurora, which really isn't Northern Ontario.
Magnetawan - The LCBO there is one of them real fancy ones - A doublewide
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icemachine wrote:
squeaky wrote:Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
Hey we got all kinds of Society -Why just in my home town there's the Agricultural society, the Presbyterian Ladies society and The Anglican Women's Society
There's your problem... :P
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lister wrote:
icemachine wrote:
squeaky wrote:Calling Northern Ontario the end of society is a lot closer to the truth than most things TBS has to say.
Hey we got all kinds of Society -Why just in my home town there's the Agricultural society, the Presbyterian Ladies society and The Anglican Women's Society
There's your problem... :P
Tell me about it, a town of 280 people with 5 different protestant churches - two of which split into separate factions over ministerial conflicts.
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