The Beer Store adds 12 more locations list of closures

The Beer Store on Goyeau Street in downtown Windsor is shown on May 9, 2025. Photo by WINDSOR STAR - DAN JANISSE

Ontario’s Beer Store has added another 12 locations to its ever-growing list of closures as alcohol sales grow in the province’s grocery and convenience stores.

The closures, effective Oct. 19, are scattered across the province, but include three stores in Toronto, and adds to the 44 locations that the retailer has already closed or will be closing.

“The Beer Store is modernizing to meet the changing marketplace and unfortunately this means making the hard decision to close retail locations,” Ozzie Ahmed, vice-president of retail at the Beer Store, said in a release. “We know this is difficult news for customers. As the Beer Store modernizes, our locations will continue