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Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences

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About 70 grocery stores required to take empties since last fall but only four are complying.

The Beer Store is allowed under Ford ’s alcohol agreement to close an unlimited number of stores.

Grocery stores have for months voiced their concerns with the program, from sanitation issues and space constraints to a sheer cost effectiveness calculation.

Ford ’s previous plan was to get beer, wine and ready-to-drink cocktails in convenience stores and all grocery stores by 2026 , but in May of 2024 he announced that would instead happen that year .

An “early implementation agreement” with The Beer Store involves the province paying the company up to $225 million to help it keep stores open.

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