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The Beer Store is the trading name for Brewers Retail, a privately owned chain of retail outlets selling beer and other malt beverages in the province of Ontario, Canada, founded in 1927. Owned at its inception by a consortium of Ontario-based brewers, subsequent national and international consolidation has resulted in control now being shared by three multinational brewing companies, two foreign owned and one which is 50% controlled by non-Canadian interests. Under Ontario's Liquor Control Act, Brewers Retail is the only retailer permitted to sell beer for off-site consumption, except for stores on the site of a brewery, locations of the provincial government-owned Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), and LCBO-authorized agency stores in certain smaller communities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liquor Control Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. L.18) )〕 The act and the company's articles of incorporation further stipulate that Brewers Retail cannot sell "hard liquor" (spirits), or consumer goods (like groceries). A 2013 Angus Reid survey commissioned by the Ontario Convenience Stores Association found that 13% of Ontario residents were aware that "The Beer Store monopoly is not a government-owned enterprise". ==Company== Forty-nine percent of the company is owned by the Labatt arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev of Belgium; forty-nine percent is owned by Molson Coors Brewing Company which has headquarters in both the United States and Canada, and is jointly controlled by the namesake families; and the remaining two percent is owned by Sleeman Breweries, an arm of Sapporo of Japan. It is regulated by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), an agency of the Government of Ontario. As of December 2014, the company operates 448 retail stores which sell beer to the general public. Owing to its legal monopoly The Beer Store (TBS) is the largest distributor of domestic beer to Ontario bars and restaurants, over 16,000 of which are licensed to sell alcohol. The LCBO sells imported beer to bars and restaurants. Many imported beers are available at The Beer Store, but they are imported by the LCBO and then sold to TBS. TBS has a policy of accepting any brewer in the world to sell its product, as long as the brewer meets the requirements set by the LCBO.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 A proud history in Ontario )〕 Furthermore, unlike many other retailers, a brewer is given flexibility with regards to how many and which stores it would like to sell its product in.〔 Currently, workers are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 12R24 union. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Beer Store」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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