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LCBO theft

Not a Sallyport . Hardly a boutique, but seems to have worked.

Pay first. Then get your bottle. Even came with convenient ashtrays.

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And as grim and dour as the government intended. "Managed temperance" as the LCBO intended in 1927.
came with pencils too. Brewers Retail were the same. Don't know about now but conditions in Sweden were identical and that was only 20 years ago.
 
How Soviet.
It took all of marketing out of it. Those panels had strips with a product name and and LCBO stock number. No 'ooh, that looks interesting'. You had to know what you wanted and I don't remember if there was purchase limit (in the 1960s).

I remember living in small town northern Ontario and coming down to the folks in Scarborough for Christmas. I offered to buy the booze and went off to what was one of the first self serve stores. I was walking around with my shopping cart grabbing bottles left and right until I did some mental math and ended up putting half of them back.
 
It took all of marketing out of it. Those panels had strips with a product name and and LCBO stock number. No 'ooh, that looks interesting'. You had to know what you wanted and I don't remember if there was purchase limit (in the 1960s).

I remember living in small town northern Ontario and coming down to the folks in Scarborough for Christmas. I offered to buy the booze and went off to what was one of the first self serve stores. I was walking around with my shopping cart grabbing bottles left and right until I did some mental math and ended up putting half of them back.
I don’t recall my dad been limited on his purchases but I do remember the glaring look by all the staff. They were deciding whether the consumers (not customers) were deserving or not.
 
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