As of Oct. 31, stores larger than 4,000 square feet located more than 5 kilometres from a Beer Store will be required to accept empty cans and bottles, raising concerns about food safety and costs
When The Village Grocer started selling beer and wine five years ago, alongside its grocery staples, homemade ice cream and free-range poultry, it was a natural fit.
A Walmart store in Ancaster, Ont., that is out of that five-kilometre range will stop selling alcohol next month when the new rules come into effect, according todeclined to comment further for this story. “We’ve made a commitment that these are the requirements,” Mr. Bethlenfavly said at an unrelated announcement in Toronto. He added that no retailers have turned in their sales licences.
Retail Council of Canada spokesperson Michelle Wasylyshen confirmed that discussions with the government about the system are continuing. Asking stores to handle returns is “fundamentally crazy,” said Pierre-Alexandre Blouin, president of the Quebec Food Retailers Association. Automated return machines, located in the entrance vestibules of many stores, do not solve the problem, he said, because liquids leak from customers’ bags on the floor while they are feeding containers into the machines, requiring more cleaning to avoid attracting vermin.
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