Booze sales in the subway? Commuters in the city were puzzled this week to see signs reading, “Want Beer? Sign Here,” in Gateway convenience kiosks within a few TTC subway stations.
Turns out the posters are from Choice and Fairness, a collective of convenience and other stores, craft beer and wine retailers and consumers, all working together (and in tandem with the Ontario government) to expand sales of beer, wine and cider. The Retail Council of Canada, Convenience Industry Council of Canada, Ontario Convenience Stores Association and consumer advocacy group Consumer Choice Centre are among those involved.
If an entrepreneur can handle most queries and transactions with minimal overhead, one wonders whether it’s worth the trouble to ever have a brick and mortar shop.
The union representing Liquor Control Board of Ontario workers wants the Crown corporation to compete with private cannabis retailers in the province.
Businesses on Carling Avenue in Ottawa say they’ve experienced even more break-ins in the week since this newspaper published a story on a rash of similar incidents that left business owners covering broken glass with plywood.
This past weekend, Italian grocer Misto Fine Food Emporium and neighbouring Bayview Animal Hospital were broken into around 4 a.m. on Sunday. Misto owner Mario Rizzo says that from security footage he captured, it appears to be the same person who broke into both businesses. Rizzo says he lost a few hundred dollars from his till.
A Gatineau food cooperative that has sold locally produced goods for more than 10 years could soon be forced to close due to dwindling sales and competition from big grocery chains.
Government rules state the retail locations must be located at least 150 metres away from schools. However, the rules were silent on how far stores needed to be from child-care centres