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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Deadline looms for grocery stores to start accepting your empties
Description: Have you tried returning any empties lately? It’s not as easy as it used to be.Nearly 100 Beer Stores have permanently shut down since the Ford government expanded alcohol sales to corner stores and grocery stores, and more are expected to close in the coming months.But here’s the problem: although all grocery stores with a license to sell liquor will be required to accept empty bottles and cans as of Jan. 1, only a small percentage have actually started collecting.And as the deadline looms, some independent grocers are...