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Is liquor store considered an essential service or what??

Posted - March 23, 2020

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  • 6988
    Maybe if they also sell food.
      March 23, 2020 3:12 PM MDT
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  • 7407

    No, they do not. We have separate liquor and beer stores from food stores. People are going to lose their minds here if they can’t buy alcohol after tommorow.  

      March 23, 2020 3:22 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    We have both. A number of Kroger stores got liquor licenses.
      March 23, 2020 5:24 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    Is Kroger a grocery store? 
      March 23, 2020 5:26 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Yes...the largest in the US.
      March 23, 2020 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    I’ve honestly never heard of it. Have you heard of Loblaws? that’s our largest in Canada. 
      March 23, 2020 5:34 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    No.
      March 23, 2020 5:45 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    There’s a question :) ask everyone the name of their regular grocery store. 
      March 23, 2020 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    OK
      March 24, 2020 10:01 AM MDT
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    7268
    We don't want the hospitals full of alcoholics going through withdrawal.  Unfortunately, they need to keep them open.
      March 23, 2020 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    They‘re announcing later today what is an essential service before  close everything tommorow night . I wouldn’t want to go anywhere near a liquor store right now with it being questionable. I bet it’s insane there right now. This post was edited by Jaimie at March 23, 2020 5:25 PM MDT
      March 23, 2020 3:25 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    No. But most grocery stores carry liquor so no worries for y'all. 
      March 23, 2020 4:40 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    Not in Australia, most grocery stores don't have a liquor license (the exception is Aldi in the state of New South Wales).
    Beer is a food. Close the bottle shops in Australia and you will get riots. Aussies are generally too apathetic to go nuts - beer is one of the few things we care enough about.
      March 23, 2020 4:58 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    That’s what I was worried about, riots here over not being able to buy alcohol. 
      March 23, 2020 5:03 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    Alcohol is ridiculously easy to make. GOOD booze is much harder.
      March 23, 2020 5:04 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    Lol, okay BOOOOOOOOZE :) 
      March 23, 2020 5:07 PM MDT
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  • 7407

    No grocery stores are allowed to sell liquor here. Just last year they started being allowed to sell 6 packs of beer, but beer is stupid. It was announced an hour ago though that liquor stores are considered an essential service. I was honestly afraid of the riots that may have happened if Canadians couldn’t get liquor lol.  

      March 23, 2020 5:00 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    Really. All our grocery stores sell liquor.   How about your gas stations? Most of ours sell it as well.  
    Ours cannot sell on Sunday through. 
      March 23, 2020 5:13 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    No liquor at all in gas stations lol. We have LCBO Stores “liquor Control board of Ontario.” That’s the only place liquor can be sold. We also have separate beer stores and wine stores. 
      March 23, 2020 5:23 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    Wow. So picky about sales locations. Why do they separate beer, wine and liquor? More jobs?
    We give a liquor license to everybody. This post was edited by my2cents at March 25, 2020 7:05 AM MDT
      March 23, 2020 5:29 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    Working at an LCBO is a government job. They like to control us here lol. 
      March 23, 2020 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    Makes sense now.
      March 23, 2020 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 7407
    They do sell beer and wine at the LCBO’s also. But they have larger stores that only have wine and only have beer with larger varieties of each of those. 
      March 23, 2020 5:42 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Our governor listed the essential stores and services that can be open. Stand alone liquor stores are not on the list. I can go to, if needed, a local Coast Guard station exchange to get liquor. That is not controlled by the state. This post was edited by Element 99 at March 24, 2020 10:03 AM MDT
      March 23, 2020 5:29 PM MDT
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