Retailers Sign Up For Free Our Beer Petitions
Retailers signed up for the OCSA’s free our beer petition that seeks 1 million signatures from Ontarian’s to lobby government to make beer and wine more accessible. At the Ontario Convenience Store Association’s trade booth, over 700 retailers pledged their support to receive a Free Our Beer Petition kit and set it up in their […]
Contraband Consequences In Our Communities
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Ontario New Tobacco Tax Stamp
Ontario Adopts Federal Tobacco Stamp Effective April 1, 2013, and subject to a transition period, Ontario will adopt the federal tobacco stamping system for marking packages of cigarettes and packages of fine cut tobacco that are sold in Ontario, as announced in the 2012 Ontario Budget. The Ontario-adapted federal stamp will replace the yellow tear […]
Federal Crackdown On Illicit Tobacco Distributors
Federal Government Takes Tough Stance On Distributors Of Contraband Cigarettes OTTAWA — The federal government is cracking down on the contraband tobacco trade with new legislation that would impose tough penalties for selling, distributing and transporting the substance. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq made the announcement Tuesday after the bill […]
UK Lobbiests Argue Plain Packaging Will Not Increase Illicit Trade
There is “no good evidence” that the introduction of standardised cigarette packs would lead to an increase in smuggling, according to a group of MPs and peers. Tobacco companies have argued that there would be an increase in illicit trade if standardised packs were introduced because they would be easy to counterfeit. But the All […]
Generic Packaging Interim Comments From Australia
CONVENIENCE stores are fuming because their staff can no longer tell their Benson & Hedges from their Peter Stuyvesants. A new survey on the impact of plain cigarette packaging on small retailers found three quarters believed the mandatory olive green packaging had had a negative impact on their businesses. The Roy Morgan survey of 450 […]
Latest Beer And Wine Agency Convenience Store
The beer cave is show here in the new LCBO Agency store inside a greenfield build Mac’s Milk Store. The full service convenience store build at an approximate cost of $3 million in this rural community. Dave Bryans, CEO of OCSA is pictures here opening the single serve cooler door for a happy customer.
Retailer That Started Free Our Beer
Retailer In Ontario That Started The Free Our Beer Petition Free Our Beer Petition Started In This Convenience Store Dave with Joanne in her convenience store with new Free Our Beer Petition Kit
Beer Cave In Your Convenience Store
In a new LCBO agency store in Thamesford, Ontario, this Mac’s Milk new build features approximately 3,000 square feet. With an approximate cost of $3 million, this new site features all the conveniences for customers located in this small rural town.
Free Our Beer In-Store Petition Kits Now Available
Free Our Beer Campaign Elements We are launching Canada’s biggest petition ever and encourage all OCSA members to get involved and participate! Our goal is obtain 1-million signatures supporting our cause to sell Beer and Wine in Ontario Convenience Stores. To Download a PDF copy of the Petition that you can print, click here