Beer Store hours of operation for Victoria Day, May 18th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2026

Bolton, Ontario – On Victoria Day, Monday, May 18th, 97 Beer Store retail locations will be open to serve customers looking to purchase ice cold beer and collect deposit value on empty alcohol containers.

“We wish customers and employees all the best for a safe, fun and relaxing Victoria Day long weekend,” said Ozzie Ahmed, VP Retail. “Visit one of our locations to shop Ontario’s widest selection of ice-cold beer and get long weekend ready.” “There’s never a bad time to return empties to The Beer Store. On May 23rd customers returning empties will have the option to donate the deposit value to the LLSC, funding research and care for those affected by blood cancers. If you have empties from the long weekend, you can make a big impact in the fight against blood cancers,” added Ozzie Ahmed.

Since 2001, Ontarians, The Beer Store and UFCW 12R24 have raised around $25 million for LLSC.

For more information about the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada or the annual bottle drive,

please visit: www.bottledrive.ca

The Beer Store Customer Experience Centre will be closed for Victoria Day, Monday, May 18th For more information on store hours, please visit our website at www.thebeerstore.ca.

Select TBS Stores Open Victoria Day - Monday, May 18, 2026. For a list of stores please view here.

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’.

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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