Ripoff beer prices
May 24th 2015, 1:35 pm
#16
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
Zero tolerance will not stop drink driving, only education from a young age will.
May 24th 2015, 1:36 pm
#17
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
But you'll find incidents far lower in Ontario. Oddly the province that people tend to complain about being too expensive etc.
May 24th 2015, 2:18 pm
#18
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
The stats are relevant, if the DUI is lower in places with less restrictions and lower prices, shows the high prices in Canada are just a cash grab with no effect on drinking or driving drunk.
May 25th 2015, 1:22 pm
#19
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
I bought a nice beer at Superstore in Calgary,Full Nelson organic IPA 8% ,it was $4.99 for 650ml bottle .Its more expensive than say Kokanee but I like the micro brewies or craft beers than the mass produced beers.
May 25th 2015, 1:32 pm
#20
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
Craft is the way to go.
May 25th 2015, 1:52 pm
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May 27th 2015, 12:40 pm
#23
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
I've no idea how one might measure the relative incidence of getting into a vehicle and driving it while already drunk or stoned but bottles/cans flung per mile seems like a good measure of the relative incidence of getting drunk while driving a vehicle.
May 27th 2015, 12:52 pm
#24
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
Just listening to Smooth Radio out of the UK online and they're running an ad. about a case of 30 Carlsberg for 14 quid. What's that, 20 bucks?
Here, in the Sobey's Liquor flyer they're charging $38 for a 24-pack of that Kokanee gnat's pi$$.
Are we being majorly ripped, or what?
Here, in the Sobey's Liquor flyer they're charging $38 for a 24-pack of that Kokanee gnat's pi$$.
Are we being majorly ripped, or what?
May 27th 2015, 4:31 pm
#26
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
I find the local breweries are better value for money. But getting over run by brewery tours. 
May 28th 2015, 5:00 am
#27
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
Establishments were able to sell alcohol dirt cheap in Alberta (specials such as 25c draught beer, $1 shots etc) until the provincial government introduced minimum pricing per unit in 2008.
I believe their claim was to curb binge drinking.
I believe their claim was to curb binge drinking.
Last edited by Photoplex; May 28th 2015 at 5:04 am.
May 28th 2015, 1:59 pm
#28
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
I never knew that. And if I had, it wouldn't be a Scarberian flag fluttering in my profile.
May 28th 2015, 3:22 pm
#30
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Re: Ripoff beer prices
I expect Toronto will try to amalgamate everything eventually. In the name of the Borg.