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PREMIER’S GROCERY BEER SALES PLAN GETS MIXED REVIEWS GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
The Foodland regional grocery stores in Russell and Vankleek Hill are both licensed UPTFMMCFFSVOEFSQSPWJODJBMSFHVMBUJPOT#VU it’s not certain whether or not they would have competition from smaller convenience stores. “If we were able to sell beer,” said Kumar Patel, owner/operator of the Pronto conve- nience grocery in the village of Russell, “they (customers) would come here.” “Lots of work,” said Jacques Lalande, of Dépanneur Lalande in Vankleek Hill, “and UIFQSPàUJTWFSZTNBMMu-BMBOEFVTFEUP own and operate a dépanneur in Québec and was able to sell beer. He expressed little enthusiasm now for having the same option for his Ontario store. With notes from EAP reporter Francis Racine
“At one point I had a petition going for a month,” he explained. “I managed to get over 900 signatures. People around here can bring their bottles here and I buy them. #VUBTTPPOBTUIFZSFBMJ[FUIBU*EPOUTFMM CFFS UIFZHPUP3PDLMBOEPS#PVSHFU8IJMF they’re there, they buy their cigarettes too.” Plusieurs épiceries de l’Ontario, comme Votre épicier indépendant Asselin à Hawkesbury, et les petits dépanneurs aimeraient pouvoir vendre de la bière. Mais cela devra attendre puisque la province et The Beer Store sont engagés dans une bataille juridique, au sujet de la tentative du gouvernement ontarien de briser la garantie contractuelle de 10 ans que The Beer Store a sur la vente de bières en Ontario. —photo Gregg Chamberlain INVITATION
Premier Doug Ford’s plan to allow gro- cery stores in Ontario to sell beer is getting a mixed reaction among store owners in Prescott-Russell. The Ford government recently introdu- ced legislation to break the current 10-year DPOUSBDUBMMPXJOH5IF#FFS4UPSFBMNPTU exclusive rights to beer sales in Ontario. For now all grocery store owners are waiting to see what happens with the legal battle between the two sides. Currently, a limited number of grocery stores in Ontario are allowed to sell beer, if their situation meets certain conditions. “We would have to reorganize,” said Daniel Asselin, owner/operator of Asselin Independent Grocer in Hawkesbury. “We’d need to make space for it and get extra DPPMFST#VU ZFT *ECFJOUFSFTUFEu Asselin noted that Québec grocery stores are allowed to stock and sell beer, and that is a big source of competition for his store and others along the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. “We’re right on the border,” he said, regarding Québec grocery beer sales. “They have it and that hurts us. Especially with campers in the summer time.” Giant Tiger Ottawa-based Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. *TPOFPGUIFMBSHFTU$BOBEJBOi#JH#PYu grocery and general merchandise store chains, with four of its franchise outlets located in Rockland, Embrun, Casselman, and Hawkesbury. The company is open to adding beer sales to its grocery operation, but GT marketing liaison Alison Scarlett sta- ted in an email that the company is waiting to see how the situation between the Ford HPWFSONFOUBOE5IF#FFS4UPSFàOJTIFT “At Giant Tiger we are always looking at ways to better serve our customers and communities,” stated Scarlett. “Today the criteria set forth by the government to sell beer is not something that Giant Tiger cur- SFOUMZRVBMJàFTGPS4IPVMEUIFHPWFSONFOU criteria change for selling beer and level the QMBZJOHàFMEUPNBTTHSPDFSZSFUBJMFST (JBOU Tiger would happily review the opportunity.” The operators of the Valu-Mart in Alfred had once looked into the idea of adding beer TBMFTUPUIFJSUSBEF#VUDPPXOFS.ÊMBOJF Carrière said the present building lacks floor TQBDFBOEXPVMEOFFEFYQBOTJPOàSTU"MTP she noted, the Valu-Mart is a sub-franchisee of the Loblaws grocery chain and would need QFSNJTTJPOGSPNUIFDPSQPSBUFIFBEPGàDF to add beer sales to its operation, should provincial regulations allow in future. Corner store trade Small convenience stores are the main ones that qualify for the limited number of general beer sale licences available under current provincial regulations, and all those MJDFODFTBSFOPXàMMFE#FSOBSE.BSDJM PXOFS of the Dépanneur O’Coin in Clarence Creek, would love to see the situation change. “I think that it’s great for small busi- nesses,” said Marcil. “It would bring a lot PGUSBGàDJONZTUPSFu)FIBTUSJFEGPSUISFF years to get the right to sell beer in his store, but has not been able to obtain permission from the province. He is often asked if he sells beer.
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