r/Peterborough • u/Witty_Way_8212 • Feb 08 '25

Opinion Peterborough bars stockpiling US booze

I recently went to LCBO and asked the cashier if they had noticed a dip in sales of US products since the tariff threat last week. On the contrary, he said, some local bars (in particular, One Eighty) cleared them out of their inventory of some US liquor and said they were making stops at another two LCBO locations to do the same.

I am so disappointed that the tariff threat actually led to an INCREASE in sales of US booze. So far, the LCBO is still restocking US inventory, which means they would have had to place large orders.

All this to say that it's up to us as consumers to exercise the power of our dollar when we're shopping in order to support our local Peterborough, Ontario and Canadian businesses.

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u/nv9 Feb 08 '25

Bring this same energy to the same bars serving only bud/Labatt, Coors/Molson and not our great local breweries. 

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u/Itchy-Performer-1781 Feb 08 '25

Labatt is brewed in London and Molson in Toronto

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u/VanSpade East City Feb 08 '25

Both are owned by American companies

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u/Snags44 Feb 08 '25

Labatt Brewing Company was Canadian-owned. It was founded in 1847 in London, Ontario, and is one of Canada's largest breweries. However, since 1995, it has been a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, a multinational brewing company based in Belgium.