GRAND BEND – The Grand Bend Beer Store will close permanently at the end of the business day on Sunday, Oct. 19. Article content

After already announcing dozens of closures this year, The Beer Store on Monday, Aug. 18, announced the closure of the Grand Bend location at 21 Ontario St. N. and nine other Beer Stores, including the Forest location on Main Street. Article content

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“Where we sell beer and collect empties in Ontario is changing,” Beer Store vice-president of retail Ozzie Ahmed said in a press release. “The Beer Store is modernizing to meet the changing marketplace and unfortunately this means making the hard decision to close retail locations. We know this is difficult news for customers and employees.

“As The Beer Store modernizes, our

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