That is one store yes, but Liquor Depot runs 33 stores in Calgary alone (Including 4 under the OK Liquor banner). A large number of these were at one time stand alone operations.
I too look (for the most part) for the little guy stores, to the point where when I go out to Valley Ridge to see buddies I stop at the store there and take a pass on the stores on the way there. I do like to buy @ Calgary Co-op though, seeing as how there is the local ownership thing going...in fact it's almost a return to the old days of government ownership cause I own a piece of the store!
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