Dave Kershaw, who owns Cabana Lounge on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver, has been piecing together inventory by hitting a string of different liquor stores every day.
But, with the ongoing strike at key liquor distribution branch warehouses, there are tight limits on the amount of liquor that can be bought in one transaction.
Members of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union picket outside a B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch facility, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.Import agents and cannabis stores are the hardest hit because their products are completely sourced through the liquor distribution warehouses, said Ian Tostenson, president and CEO of the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association.
Tostenson joined others in saying that even if the strike was to end next week, it could now take at least four or five weeks for the supply chain to stabilize again. Smaller businesses, especially ones in more rural areas, that don’t have the labour or proximity to painstakingly source small quantities of liquor or even larger ones focused on alcohol tabs will have to manage their bottom line in other ways or be forced to close more quickly.
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