June 23, 2025
The Beer Store Announces Store Closures effective August 24th, 2025
The Beer Store is making the difficult decision to close the retail stores listed below effective end of business day August 24th, 2025.
The Beer Store (TBS) will close the following retail stores:
Atikokan 711 Mackenzie St. E., Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
Blind River 115 Causley St., Blind River, ON, P0R 1B0
Bothwell 160 Oak St., Bothwell, ON, N0P 1C0
Garson 3098 Falconbridge Hwy., Garson, ON, P3L 1P5
Manotick 1160 Beaverwood Rd., Manotick, ON, K4M 1A2
Powassan 760 Main St., Powassan, ON, P0H 1Z0
Richmond Hill 8825 Yonge St., Richmond Hill, ON, L4C 6Z1
Scarborough 1089 Kingston Rd., Scarborough, ON, M1N 4E4
Toronto 772 The Queensway, Toronto, ON, M8Z 1N3
Toronto 720 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON, M5S 2T9
“Closing a retail store is never an easy decision - our stores and employees contribute to communities in many ways and provide easy access to empty returns throughout Ontario,” said Ozzie Ahmed, Vice President Retail, TBS. “We are modernizing operations and focusing on what we do best, selling ice cold beer, great customer service and a world leading recycling system that gets customers their deposit money back.”
“The Beer Store recognizes the contributions our employees make to the business. All efforts will be made to support employees through this process in alignment with commitments and agreements.”
Empty Returns
The Beer Store encourages customers to continue returning more than the approximate 1.6 billion alcohol containers we process annually to one of our local TBS locations or an empty return dealer located close by. The following alcohol containers can be returned to collect your deposit back: beer, wine and spirits bottles, aluminum cans,plastic bottles, tetra packs and kegs.
All grocery stores that sell alcohol will be required to return empties starting January 1, 2026. This is part of consumer retail alcohol modernization, found in the Early Implementation Agreement and provincial regulations. To help ensure that customers can still purchase beer and return empties, we encourage customers to use one of the following resources:
To find the closest Beer Store location, please visit our website at www.thebeerstore.ca/locations.
To find an alternative beer retailer, please use the Province’s website locator at: Where to buy Alcoholic Beverages.
To learn more about The Beer Store’s sustainability efforts and why returning empties is beneficial for your community, please see our latest Stewardship Report Delivering Circular Solutions for Ontario. Visit Stewardship Report | The Beer Store.
About The Beer Store
Owned by Ontario-based brewers and named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2025, the Beer Store is the largest beer retailer in Ontario. It’s logistics division has 26 points of distribution strategically located across the province to meet the needs of customers. The Beer Store proudly distributed 2.92 million hectoliters of beer to over 13,000 customers in 2024. In 2024, The Beer Store added over 5,300 new customers to its distribution network. The Beer Store is deeply committed to responsible sales and not selling to minors and people who are intoxicated. More than 2.1 million customers were challenged in 2024. It is also one of the greenest retailers in the world, annually collecting for reuse and recycling approximately 1.6 billion beverage alcohol containers, including beer, wine and spirits. The Beer Store employs 6,500 hard-working Ontarians with well-paying full and part-time jobs.
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