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- Hotels best

- Suited to
packaged
beer
sales in B.C.

Hotels are much better suited than
grocery stores or supermarkets to
provide an increased level of service to
purchasers of beer and wine.

Under the system proposed by the
British Columbia Hotels’ Association,
consumers would make their purchases
from attractive ‘store front’ operations.
Hotels alreacly have the necessary
storage space. As well as providing
consumers with an expanded level of
service, such a system would allow
government liquor stores to offer a wider
range of products.

Liquor stores would continue to sell
beer, but would require reduced
‘aventones.

A similar system has been in effect in
the Province of Manitoba for some time.
In Manitoba, hotels account for 92% of
packaged beer sales! Consumers there
have found the bright, spacious sales
outlets convenient and efficient.

Hotel ‘store front’ operations
offer pieasant surroundings

Hotels contribute significantly to the B.C.
economy and would likely employ
additional people to provide the
expanded level of service.

(A recert study shows B.C. hoteds
employ more than 20,000 persons, pay
the highest industry wages in North
America, have $4-5 billion invested in
property and pay more than $30 milion
in property taxes annually).

Making better use of existing facilities is,
in our opinion, a much more practical

way of expanding services to the public.

To create hundreds of new licensed
outlets (grocery stores and
supermarkets) which would compete
with already hard-pressed outlets does
not, in our opinion, make sense.

The resulting increased distribution,
inspection and policing costs would
eventually be passed on to the public.

In contrast, the system proposed by
B.C. hotels is already in place.

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