Beer Store locations across Ontario are shutting down as the chain faces unprecedented competition.
What was once held a monopoly for the sale of beer and other ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages across Ontario could soon be facing extinction, as a swath of closures have wracked the company in recent months.
As an Ontarian who was drinking in Belgium in high school, came home for university, moved to Europe for a few years, then moved to the US, I have to say “What?!”
Everywhere else that I’ve lived has had a far better selection and prices. Also, as someone who doesn’t drive and lived in Toronto in my 20s, walking 30 minutes to the nearest Beer Store (I lived at Yonge and Eglinton) and carrying a 2-4 back home in the winter sucked. Everywhere else I’ve lived, I can buy beer a block away.