North Bay left off the list of the first 58 grocery store locations in the province that, as of today, will be selling six-packs of beer on their shelves.
Last month, the government announced 13 grocery stores chains were chosen to sell beer in the first round, including retail giant Walmart, Metro Ontario and Sobeys.
Of the initial 58 beer licences, 13 went to independents including Pino's Get Fresh in Sault Ste. Marie.
The two Walmart super stores in Sudbury (Lasalle & Long Lake Road) will be getting the malt liquor beverages on their shelves.
The Liberal government's goal is to have six-packs of beer available at 58 grocery stores by the end of this year — 13 of them independents — and eventually expand to 450 grocery retailers, both large and small, by 2017. That's roughly the same number of retail outlets the Beer Store currently operates in Ontario
See full Canadian Press story here: https://www.baytoday.ca/national/premier-kathleen-wynne-makes-history-by-buying-six-pack-of-beer-at-grocery-store-81410
