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Old Posted Sep 21, 2007, 3:21 PM
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When will the profits on alcohol go to Americans instead of Manitobans? I can't wait!

LCBO makes billions from alcohol sales. That's billions that don't have to come from tax payers. In addition to that, the LCBO actually holds sway in the industry. There was an article in Time about it recently. Safeway's alcohol department would never be able to do something like that.


And do you honestly believe Safeway is going to charge less for alcohol? They have the highest mark ups of all the chain grocers! Safeway puts much more money to wages and pocketed profits than MLCC ever will, and it's almost entirely non-Manitoban, let along non-Canadian. Safeway Canada may be HQed in Canada but their profits still go south.
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