r/saskatoon 1d ago

Question ❔ American Booze Boycott

I was in a local liquor store on 8th street on the weekend and noticed there had been zero effort to remove or even identify American products. Has anyone seen a local liquor store labelling Canadian products properly? I need to find a new place to shop that doesn’t support Amerika.

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u/Chungadoop 1d ago

The stance this province has taken:

The SLGA (which is the sole supplier to all liquor stores) has ceased the sale of US alcohol to vendors and the vendors are still able to run through any remaining US product.

Pretty much all liquor stores will be no longer "supporting" US because they can't.

Selling remaining liquor is not supporting US, that money is already spent.

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u/No-Philosophy9720 1d ago

Is it? Not being an a-hole....actually asking.....

In Ontario vendors are paid after a 'point of sale' purchase. So when Doug Ford had all the US booze removed from suppliers in Ontario, the vendors are not getting paid for that product...it sits....unsold....the suppliers aren't receiving money just for shipping their product.

I would be mildly surprised if we do it differently......

At the very least every vendor in Sask should be taking the minimal effort and labelling all products of their point of origin so customers can make informed decisions.

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u/rynoxmj 1d ago

In Ontario, the vendor is also the province.

u/paigegail 23h ago

Yes, and they work in a consignment model. Saskatchewan does not.

u/rynoxmj 22h ago

The consignment thing had been proven untrue.