US EditionFew Ontario Grocery Stores Accepting Booze Empties, some Weigh Returning Licences
- Very few Ontario grocery stores are accepting empty alcohol containers, impacting the deposit return program, as reported by The Beer Store.
- Effective January 1, 2026, over 1,000 grocery stores must accept bottle returns, according to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
- Associations representing grocers warned Premier Doug Ford that they might stop selling alcohol unless changes are made to improve the deposit return program.
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Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations across the province.
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations across the province. Only about 70 grocery stores — ones that are more than five kilometres away from a Beer Store — have been required to take empties since last fall but only four are complying, says The Beer Store, which operates the deposit…
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