Southwestern Ontario will soon see beer and wine in a corner store—though not exactly the way Premier Doug Ford envisioned in his 2018 campaign promise.
Convenience store 7–Eleven says it has secured a liquor sales licence from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to serve beer, wines and coolers at a restaurant in one of its stores in Leamington.
The company says the licensed restaurant also serves food such as chicken wings, potato wedges and pizza.
There are similar licensed restaurants at several 7–Eleven locations in Alberta, and the company says the Ontario store is the beginning of a wider provincial expansion….