Ontario’s increasing alcohol gross sales have hit Costco – the massive field retailer recognized for bulk promoting all the pieces from pens to golf golf equipment to now beer.
The Burlington Costco at 1225 Brant is now promoting 60 packs of Coors Gentle, for $84.99. The Beer Retailer – previously certainly one of Ontario’s solely two locations to purchase beer and the one one to purchase in bulk – charges $93.99 for a similar case of Coors.
At Costco, that works out to $1.41 per beer earlier than tax.
Different beers on sale on the Brant location embrace Stella Artois, Landshark, Bud Gentle, and Steam Whistle.
Though the sale of bulk beer and wine at shops exterior of LCBO and The Beer Retailer solely began right now, not many Costco prospects had been seen carrying any of the exhausting drinks out of their carts. The shop, because it at all times is, was packed on Thursday afternoon.
Costco’s retailer model Kirkland is well-known for its top quality fundamentals from socks to meals, and sells liquor in lots of U.S. areas, with Kirkland vodka topping The New York Instances’ Wirecutter listing for finest vodka in 2024, although exhausting liquor just isn’t accessible on the Ontario shops but.
