The Beer Store Named One of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2026

April 21, 2026

The Beer Store Named One of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2026.

The Beer Store (TBS) is proud to be named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2026. This award recognizes employers that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness and support business practices that showcase the brand to employees, customers and partners to the organization.

“We are proud to be environmental leaders and stewards in communities across Ontario,” said Roy Benin, President and Chief Executive Officer of BDL and TBS. “This is a wonderful recognition of The Beer Store, our leading deposit return system and the millions of customers who return empty alcohol containers to Beer Stores across Ontario.”  

Canada’s Greenest Employer

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Returning Empty Alcohol Containers

The Beer Store launched an Empty Return Locator to make it easier than ever to find a Beer Store or alternative retailer that accepts empty alcohol containers so consumers can get their deposit back.

In 2025, Beer Store customers brought back approximately 1.6 billion empty alcohol containers for reuse, recycling and to get deposit money back. The Beer Store is Ontario’s proven recycling and reuse solution for empty alcohol containers, including beer bottles and cans, as well as wine and spirit containers sold in Ontario. In almost 100 years of operation TBS has successfully collected for reuse or recycling over 170 billion empty alcohol containers. In fact, the Beer store collects more containers annually than we sell.

Consumers can find the Locator 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 want to make empties easy for consumers – return your empties, reclaim your deposit. We know people want to return their empty alcohol containers for reuse, recycling and to get their deposit money back,” said Ozzie Ahmed, VP Retail TBS. “We’re making it simple and convenient to find Beer Store and other authorized locations.”

About The Beer Store

Owned by Ontario-based brewers and named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2025 and 2026, 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 3.2 million hectoliters of beer to thousands of retail and convenience customers in 2025. The Beer Store is deeply committed to responsible sales and not selling to minors or people who are intoxicated, challenging almost 1.3 million customers in 2025. It is also one of the greenest retailers in the world, annually collecting for reuse and recycling approximately 1.6 billion empty alcohol containers. The Beer Store employs thousands of hard-working Ontarians with well-paying full-time and part-time jobs

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