LCBO / The Beer Store

[gabe]

As a lad in the 1970s and 80s I worked in supermarkets where we collected all the pop bottles for return. We should have kept that system.

I was just in the Vancouver area. The deposit system there can be done cashless. Just drop your bag of mixed recyclables off at a recycling depot. ( cans, bottles, plastic bottles, jugs, and even milk cartons) and they will sort it and add the money to your account.. It's all cashless. Last time i was at the beer store i got about 14 dollars back in mostly change! Since they were low on bills.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1800541547022446941

 

[lenaitch]

As a lad in the 1970s and 80s I worked in supermarkets where we collected all the pop bottles for return. We should have kept that system.

Yes, but it would be hard to recreate that now. Back then, many stores were small 'neighbourhood' stores and the product selection was smaller.

 

[lenaitch]

I was just in the Vancouver area. The deposit system there can be done cashless. Just drop your bag of mixed recyclables off at a recycling depot. ( cans, bottles, plastic bottles, jugs, and even milk cartons) and they will sort it and add the money to your account.. It's all cashless. Last time i was at the beer store i got about 14 dollars back in mostly change! Since they were low on bills.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1800541547022446941

That's cool. If the will was there and they could create some kind of automated kiosk there might be more uptake. The store would still have to empty/maintain it and store the product until they could be picked up.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Yes, but it would be hard to recreate that now. Back then, many stores were small 'neighbourhood' stores and the product selection was smaller.

PEI ran their deposit return system into the 2000s.

 

[Smoke2011]

Ontario grocery stores able to sell RTD beverages, beer this week

Last week, Premier Doug Ford shared an interactive map designed to connect consumers to thousands of retailers and local alcohol producers.

toronto.citynews.ca

The plan was always to open ordering for RTD's on thr 18, only difference being that they can sell before Aug 1. The sucess is going to depend on how fast the RTD's can go to a direct model unless they are already set up for it. The Union is shotting themself in the foot. The longer this goes on the easier it will be for Ford to expand even more.

 

[Bayer]

Ontario grocery stores able to sell RTD beverages, beer this week

Last week, Premier Doug Ford shared an interactive map designed to connect consumers to thousands of retailers and local alcohol producers.

toronto.citynews.ca

The plan was always to open ordering for RTD's on thr 18, only difference being that they can sell before Aug 1. The sucess is going to depend on how fast the RTD's can go to a direct model unless they are already set up for it. The Union is shotting themself in the foot. The longer this goes on the easier it will be for Ford to expand even more.

This is a good opportunity for the LCBO to let convenience stores sell low-end stuff and improve their selection. I've seen a better choice of spirits and liqueurs in small-town SAQs than at the Manulife store. There are things I can get in Québec that are rarely available even for home delivery.

 

[EBT]

Has anyone ordered online from the LCBO during this strike? Is there a delivery fee? Who delivers the order and is a tip expected?

 

[Bayer]

Has anyone ordered online from the LCBO during this strike? Is there a delivery fee? Who delivers the order and is a tip expected?

Yes - the delivery fee is waived during the strike; it was delivered by a courier company, so no tip.

 

[torontowest91]

I have long before the strike. It was delivered by canpar & required a signature (they wouldn’t leave it at your door).

 

[gabe]

Another huge blow to the environment. Shame on Ford government !! I was in British Columbia recently, and asked at a deposit center where do all the plastic bottles go? They get sheared into pellets and sold to injection molding companies across Canada and re-used into other plastic products like car parts and other plastic products. They do not go to the landfill like other users here have stated.

Ontario has the worst recycling rates in Canada for cans, plastic bottles and cartons of non-alcoholic beverages, with billions of these containers going to landfills and incinerators annually.

Why the Ford government nixed deposit on soft drink cans, bottles​

Ontario bowed to pressure from big supermarket chains, says Environmental Defence​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-deposit-return-refund-non-alcoholic-cans-bottles-1.7260731

 

[EBT]

Yes - the delivery fee is waived during the strike; it was delivered by a courier company, so no tip.

Thank you for your reply! Much appreciated. I hoped this would be the answer

 

[Jonny5]

Has anyone ordered online from the LCBO during this strike? Is there a delivery fee? Who delivers the order and is a tip expected?

I received a package from them on Monday for an order placed Tuesday the prior week. They don't deliver on weekends.
Note there is little notice about what time of day they will arrive other than a vague "out for delivery" item in the tracking log that went in at 10:30 a.m.
The courier eventually arrived at 7:30 p.m..

 

[Bayer]

I received a package from them on Monday for an order placed Tuesday the prior week. They don't deliver on weekends.
Note there is little notice about what time of day they will arrive other than a vague "out for delivery" item in the tracking log that went in at 10:30 a.m.
The courier eventually arrived at 7:30 p.m..

My first order arrived within five days, and was just dropped off at the Manulife docks. I have another one pending for Campari (only 2 bottles available and I snatched one) and champagne for our wedding anniversary and my 60th birthday, but there are only a few days left. Maybe I should make Jell-O shots since I'm just a few years away from being toothless in long-term care.

 

[afransen]

Another huge blow to the environment. Shame on Ford government !! I was in British Columbia recently, and asked at a deposit center where do all the plastic bottles go? They get sheared into pellets and sold to injection molding companies across Canada and re-used into other plastic products like car parts and other plastic products. They do not go to the landfill like other users here have stated.

Ontario has the worst recycling rates in Canada for cans, plastic bottles and cartons of non-alcoholic beverages, with billions of these containers going to landfills and incinerators annually.

Why the Ford government nixed deposit on soft drink cans, bottles​

Ontario bowed to pressure from big supermarket chains, says Environmental Defence​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-deposit-return-refund-non-alcoholic-cans-bottles-1.7260731

Some front-line employee shared their belief of what happened down the value chain so I must be wrong. And yet, a billion tons of plastic waste from US recycling ended up exported, much of it in SE Asia.

Southeast Asia flooded with imported plastic waste meant for recycling

Last year, the U.S. exported more than 950 million tons of plastic waste meant for recycling and a significant portion of that ended up in Southeast Asia. The region has been inundated with plastic scrap after China blocked all but the cleanest plastic waste imports in 2018. Special...

www.pbs.org

A lot of supposedly recycled plastic waste from Canada is exported as well, much of it will be burned or flushed down rivers into the ocean.

Don't blindly trust organizations that claim to be doing the right thing.