tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post8801226885471672635..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Supermarkets Win Big in BC's New Liquor Landscape - Higher Prices, Lower Service, Less Selection AheadBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-40347347364713508762015-04-09T07:35:10.218-07:002015-04-09T07:35:10.218-07:00It seems to me that a great number of the BCL stor...It seems to me that a great number of the BCL stores are situated next to supermarkets. I also note that at one of the BCL stores in my neighbourhood has installed a refrigeration unit the lenght of the entire store. I will gladly walk over to the BCL store to purchase cold beer, wine, and spirits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-78947488673649474052015-04-05T14:04:03.757-07:002015-04-05T14:04:03.757-07:00Why should the taxpayer payout $25.00 an hour to B...Why should the taxpayer payout $25.00 an hour to BCGEU members at the Liquour store to unpack boxes of liquor and pack shelves? <br /><br />Are BCGEU members somehow better than those in the UFCW to unpack product boxes in a store? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-68054858945312118662015-04-04T17:40:23.268-07:002015-04-04T17:40:23.268-07:00You and I disagree Bill on whether there should be...You and I disagree Bill on whether there should be any public ownership of liquor sales in BC. I think its a highly antiquated approach.<br /><br />Here's my prescription for modernizing BC's liquor sales.<br /><br />- Recognize that private stores have skin in the game and shouldn't be unduly punished by a change in approach. Cap the number of liquor licenses for a prescribed period (five years?). Treat this just like the Northern salmon fishery and let private retailers (and the government through its publicly owned stores) decide whether to either keep or sell their licenses and to set whatever price they wish.<br /><br />2) Shut down the liquor distribution branch entirely. DO NOT privatize it. Liquor should be purchased by licensed sellers directly from producers or private distributors. There should be NO floor or NO ceiling on liquor prices. Otherwise, why not have a BC Grocery Distribution Branch? Or a BC Fashion Distribution Branch? That would raise lot's of government revenue too. Let retailers who sell in high volume buy for volume discounts and create REAL price competition.<br /><br />3) Let the BC Government assume its appropriate role: Vigorous enforcement of liquor regulations and collector of whatever tax government wishes to levy to raise whatever amount of revenue they see fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-70360291591060418522015-04-02T06:12:20.617-07:002015-04-02T06:12:20.617-07:00Personally I like the idea of being able to buy my...Personally I like the idea of being able to buy my groceries and beer or wine all under the same roof. As they do in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and most US states.<br /> The sky hasnt fallen and people are still employed. And booze is cheaper than BC in both those provinces.<br /> As for unemployed govt employees....Does that mean I wont have to suffer their surly, bored attitude to all customers? <br /> Paying people $25/hr plus benefits to stock shelves, slap price tags on bottles and run them through a scanner..... doesnt foster a whole lot of sympathy with the overly taxed general public.<br /> Bring on privitization. The faster the better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com