Filip
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There's a unit under prep next to Scotiabank but I don't think it's the lcbo.
What is an LCBO pop up store? Will it be inside of the Metro or in one of the other empty units?
I was at Metro in Guelph yesterday. They have their freezer near the front of the store. It was stocked with mostly craft beers, which was nice to see. They had a few six packs of the macro crap as well. Hopefully in time they will expand the beer selection. More variety of six packs would be nice, since they can't sell 12 or 24 packs unfortunately. They had the hours posted when you can buy beer too. Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Sunday 11 am to 6 pm, And you have to use one of the checkouts with a "Beer Lane" sign. Out of the eight checkouts, four them were "Beer Lanes"
It was busy too, the U of G is near by. I saw a lot of students stocking up on beer, chips, pop for St Paddy's day parties. What i liked about it, it was one stop shop. i got some groceries, beer, and a bottle of Merlot at the Wine Shop. And I didn't see any anarchy on the streets either. I would like to see the grocery stores have their own bottle return machines someday. That way i don't have to deal with stinky dirty Beer Stores and their grouchy employees.
The woman at the cash said that Metro is the only grocery store Guelph allowed to sell beer. Which is kind of silly for a city that size. But this is just the start. Eventually people are going to demand beer be sold in all grocery stores, like the rest of the modern world.
Great to hear and what I suspected. Leslie/Lake Shore is basically two end caps currently. It's pitifully small.Didn't see a dedicated thread for Beer in supermarkets, so I thought I'd tack this on here.
Was just in one of the Loblaws that carries beer (Vic. Park/Gerrard) and they are expanding their capacity/selection by about 9 fold.
Its also all moving into fridges, so 100% chilled. I gather from staff this will be new standard format for all Loblaws carrying beer.
Great to hear and what I suspected. Leslie/Lake Shore is basically two end caps currently. It's pitifully small.
It's got to be quite the juggling act space-wise at stores for new products, and when a whole new category of items suddenly arrives, figuring out what to give up, or how to better use the space has got to be quite the conundrum for lots of store managers.
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It's got to be quite the juggling act space-wise at stores for new products, and when a whole new category of items suddenly arrives, figuring out what to give up, or how to better use the space has got to be quite the conundrum for lots of store managers.
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