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As of December 2022, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission listed 42 licensed Real Canadian Liquorstore locations. [1] After the province began to issue more private liquor licenses, Loblaw opened the chain's first Saskatchewan location as a store within a store at a Superstore in Yorkton in October 2018. The following month, Loblaw ...
Aged Canadian whisky. The modern Canadian distilling industry produces a variety of spirits (e.g. whisky, rum, vodka, gin, liqueurs, spirit coolers, and basic ethyl alcohol), but Canada's primary reputation, domestically and internationally, remains for the production of Canadian whisky, a distinctive rye-flavoured, high quality whisky.
Chinook Centre (formally branded as "CF Chinook Centre") is the largest shopping mall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located near the geographic centre of the city on Macleod Trail, north of Glenmore Trail about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of downtown, and three blocks west of the Chinook CTrain station. The mall is operated by Cadillac Fairview.
Loblaw is centralizing its head office operations, which includes the relocation of the General Merchandise personnel from Calgary, Alberta, to Brampton, Ontario, to consolidate operations. In Alberta , where private liquor retailing is permitted , a chain of Real Canadian Liquorstores operate, mostly in proximity to Real Canadian Superstore ...
In 1993, A&B Sound moved into the Alberta market, opening locations in Calgary and Edmonton, followed by south Edmonton (1994), a second Calgary location (1995), Lethbridge (1996), and Red Deer and a third Calgary outlet in autumn 1998. Also in 1995, a store was opened in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Wild Rose brews a set of 'core' beers, which are widely distributed on-tap in bars and available in liquor stores throughout Alberta: [10] Velvet Fog - an unfiltered Canadian wheat ale. This beer is a blend of 50% wheat malt and 50% barley, giving this beer a hazy, golden color with a smooth, citrusy taste. [10] [9]
The company has experienced substantial growth in the United States, where it has 613 stores (April 2011, about 220 more than it had in June 2008). [65] [66] It has a same-store sales growth rate of 3.9% in Canada and 4.9% in the US. [67] The new partnership with Cold Stone Creamery helped push its US presence to over 600 stores.
Strikers at the LCBO HQ in downtown Toronto in July 2024. On July 5, 2024, employees went on strike for the first time in the LCBO's history. [40] The strike ended on July 22, 2024. [41] In February 2025, the LCBO was ordered by Ontario premier Doug Ford to remove all sales of American alcohol in response to the Second Trump tariffs. [42]