‘Frantic’ first days as Atlantic Canada sells off U.S. booze; wine, bourbon dominate – Halifax

Liquor firms in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador say they’ve offered roughly half their stock of American booze since placing it again on cabinets final month to dump for charity.

Bruce Keating, chief government of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Company, says the primary few days of gross sales had been frantic, however the tempo has since slowed down.

Keating says he was shocked to see wine edge out whiskey, bourbon and vodka because the top-selling product.

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The Nova Scotia Liquor Company says retail gross sales of its U.S. liquor whole about $7 million to date, dominated by bourbon and whiskey.

P.E.I.’s liquor management fee says greater than 1 / 4 of its $3.2-million American alcohol stock has been offered.

Many provincial governments throughout the nation pulled American liquor merchandise from shops final yr in response to tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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