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Originally posted by nfotiu@Aug 3 2004, 10:19 AM
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@Aug 3 2004, 01:48 PM
I can't believe Molson is allowed to get away with this actually. This kind of marketing tactic should be illegal. I think I remember a few years back, the ship discontinued all Molson products when Molson was trying to strongarm them. I am not sure if they sell Molson now or not.
You think it should be illegal to reward a vendor who makes your product more visible and sells more for you?
Wow.
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They will only sell you the beer at regular price if you don't sell other brands. Otherwise they jack up their prices.
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Simply not true.
Beer prices (and all alcohol for that matter) are regulated by the ALCB.
The only thing that Molson could do is cut off incentives/giveaways etc, (and yes that could include the odd free keg...tho that too is illegal).
Its business...just like ANY other business. The strong survive. [/b][/quote]
Your information is quite dated:
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Under privatization, the ALCB markup has been replaced by a flat markup the rates of which were to be set to raise the same amount of revenue for the government as the ALCB markup.12 The flat markup is added to the supplier's price quotation and is levied in dollars per litre and varies by product class (i.e., spirits, wine with less than 16 percent alcohol, fortified wine with greater than 16 percent alcohol, coolers, and beer). The ALCB does not impose a separate wholesale markup (but there are warehouse storage, handling, order processing and distribution charges collected by the warehouse operator). The first set of flat markup rates was established in November 1993. They were revised downward in August 1994, although 10 percent surcharges were imposed that were to be removed at the rate of one percentage point per month. Thus, the May 1995 flat markup rates contain no surcharges. Some of the flat markup rates were lowered again in January 1996 in order to try and restore the revenue neutrality of the flat markup. Table 2 contains the various sets of flat markup rates.
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http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publicatio...s11_notes.html
