Theft, small margins push some Toronto grocery stores to cut beer and wine sales.
That’s because a handful of grocers in the city have quietly stopped selling alcohol due to rising levels of theft and razor-thin margins.“It's really becoming unmanageable and getting out of hand. And so grocers have taken the decision to remove these products from their shelves,” Retail Council of Canada spokesperson Michelle Wasylyshen told CTV News Toronto.
Eligible large and small-sized retailers applied to sell the products but had to keep their margins between 2 and 6.99 per cent. “It's always been really tight for them. But now it's actually physically a loss, they are selling these products at a loss and it's not sustainable,” she said.
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