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June 22, 2026
Bolton, Ontario – The Beer Store is proud to announce the reopening of the location at 1089 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
“This is a very exciting day. Consumers in Scarborough and The Beaches are now closer than ever to a great selection of beer and a globally recognized deposit return system,” said Ozzie Ahmed, VP Retail TBS. “There’s never a bad time to return empty alcohol containers to the Beer Store, stop by and see what’s new at our Kingston Rd. location.”
Earlier today, Beer Store employees, representatives from Ontario brewers as well as neighbours and business leaders from Kingston Road Village gathered to celebrate the opening of the Kingston Rd. Beer Store with a ribbon cutting ceremony and light refreshments.
On Monday, June 29th, The Beer Store will reopen the location at 3078 Don Mills Rd., North York.
“We’re thrilled to open these retail locations to serve customers in time for Canada Day,” added Ozzie.
For hours of operation and information about finding a convenient location to return empty alcohol containers, please visit www.thebeerstore.ca
Returning Empty Alcohol Containers
The Beer Store launched an Empty Return Locator to make it easier than ever to find a Beer Store or alternative location that accepts empty alcohol containers so consumers can get their deposit back.
In 2025, Beer Store customers brought back approximately 1.6 billion empty alcohol containers for reuse, recycling and to get deposit money back. The Beer Store is Ontario’s proven recycling and reuse solution for empty alcohol containers, including beer bottles and cans, as well as wine and spirit containers sold in Ontario. In almost 100 years of operation TBS has successfully collected for reuse or recycling over 170 billion empty alcohol containers.
Consumers can find the Locator on the Beer Store’s website. Visit www.thebeerstore.ca/where-to return-empties. From the homepage of www.thebeerstore.ca, in the navigation bar select ‘Returning Empties’. This menu will drop down, then select ‘where to Return Empties’.
About The Beer Store
Owned by Ontario-based brewers and named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2025 and 2026, the Beer Store is an integrated business including Ontario’s largest beer retailer, the convenient location for returning empty alcohol containers and leading beverage distributor. The TBS logistics division has 26 points of distribution strategically located across the province to meet the needs of customers.
The Beer Store proudly distributed over 3.2 million hectoliters of beer to thousands of retail and convenience customers in 2025. The Beer Store is deeply committed to responsible sales and not selling to minors or people who are intoxicated, challenging almost 1.3 million customers in 2025. It is also one of the greenest retailers in the world, annually collecting for reuse and recycling approximately 1.6 billion empty alcohol containers. The Beer Store employs thousands of hard-working Ontarians with well-paying full-time and part-time jobs
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