Today’s letters: Hold my beer — ideas on how Ontario sales may change

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The article about beer availability was well written; however, several key points were overlooked.

The beer stores are the key locations to return beer, wine and Liquor containers. Will deposits become higher as an incentive to return empties to fewer stores, or will the containers be simply thrown out on the hopes of recycling?

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The current system is well proven to rotate stocks of beer. This is important as beer deteriorates with age and poor storage contributes to the customer buying stale products.

I agree that the system needs to provide wider access for consumers. The new wave of cities building or promoting 15-minute mini neighbourhoods cannot be served by the old-school thinking.

Distribution to restaurants, pubs and hotels might see more trucks dropping off smaller orders.

One final point is theft. The LCBO model of open shelves has led to unchallenged open theft and that policy simply translates to higher prices to the consumers. Any major change in distribution should look at that for safety of employees and honest customers.

Brian Vachon, Greely, former sales manager Molson Breweries, Ottawa-Gatineau.

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