FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2025
Bolton, Ontario – With the upcoming Holiday Season approaching, The Beer Store is committed to serving customers by adjusting our hours of sale for full goods and empty container returns.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 (Christmas Eve) – all retail stores will close at 6pm.
Thursday, December 25, 2025 (Christmas Day) – all retail stores will be closed.
Friday, December 26, 2025 (Boxing Day) – Select retail stores will be open with modified hours of sale. Please see information below.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (New Years Eve) – all retail stores will close at 6pm.
Thursday, January 1, 2026 (New Years Day) – all retail stores will be closed.
Beer Store retail locations will be closed across Ontario on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2025, and New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026.
Select retail stores will be open with modified hours on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2025. Please see information below. Unless otherwise posted, retail stores will be open for normal operating hours.
“On behalf of The Beer Store and all our employees, we wish you a Happy Holiday and a safe, happy and healthy New Year,” said Ozzie Ahmed, VP Retail TBS.
For more information on store hours, please visit our website at www.thebeerstore.ca.
For a list of stores please view here.
NEW – Empty Return Locator
The Beer Store launched a new Empty Return Locator to make it easier than ever to find a Beer Store or alternative retailer that is accepting empties. Consumers can find the locators on the Beer Store’s website. Visit www.thebeerstore.ca/where-to-return-empties. From the homepage of www.thebeerstore.ca, in the navigation bar select ‘Returning Empties’. This menu will drop down, then select ‘where to Return Empties’.
“We operate a leading deposit return program in Ontario, accepting empties and returning customer deposit money for generations,” said Ozzie Ahmed, VP Retail TBS. “Ontarians want to drop off empty alcohol containers for reuse and recycling – we’re making it simple and convenient to find Beer Store and other authorized locations.”
Empty Returns
The Beer Store encourages customers to continue returning more than the 1.6 billion alcohol containers we process annually to one of our local TBS locations or an empty return dealer located close by. The following alcohol containers purchased in Ontario can be returned to collect your deposit back: beer, wine and spirits bottles, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, tetra packs and kegs. To help ensure that customers can still purchase beer and return empties, we encourage customers to use one of the following resources:
To find the closest Beer Store location, please visit our website at www.thebeerstore.ca/locations.
To find the nearest Empty Return Location site, please visit The Beer Store Where to Return Empties store locator at: www.thebeerstore.ca/where-to-return-empties
To find an alternative beer retailer, please use the Province’s website locator at: Where to buy Alcoholic Beverages.
To learn more about The Beer Store’s sustainability efforts and why returning empties is beneficial for your community, please see our latest Stewardship Report Delivering Circular Solutions for Ontario. Visit Stewardship Report | The Beer Store.
About The Beer Store
Owned by Ontario-based brewers and named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2025, the Beer Store is an integrated business including Ontario’s largest beer retailer, the convenient location for returning empty alcohol containers and leading beverage distributor. The TBS logistics division has 26 points of distribution strategically located across the province to meet the needs of customers.
The Beer Store proudly distributed over 3 million hectoliters of beer to over 13,000 retail and convenience customers in 2024. The Beer Store is deeply committed to responsible sales and not selling to minors or people who are intoxicated. More than 2.1 million customers were challenged in 2024. It is also one of the greenest retailers in the world, annually collecting for reuse and recycling approximately 1.6 billion beverage alcohol containers, including beer, wine and spirits. The Beer Store employs thousands of hard-working Ontarians with well-paying full and parttime jobs.
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