New Brunswick — NB Liquor, or ANBL, heard the public outcry when a price hike on most products was announced, and the Crown corporation has come up with a unique solution to keep taxes at a reasonable level.
An app that keeps track of how much a person is drinking could help reduce their alcohol intake by around two units a week – equivalent to a medium glass of wine, scientists say.
Restaurants will be allowed to serve liquor by the glass starting next month in a significant shift in alcohol sales regulations.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance pre-announced legislation regarding revisions to the enforcement decree of liquor licenses on Wednesday. The revision focuses on expanding the scope of exceptions to the cancellation of liquor licenses.
Sales of alcoholic beverages declined by 2.4% in volume in Norway to 392 million litres in 2023 compared to the preceding year.
The decline was seen for spirits, wine and beer segments, according to the latest data from Statistics Norway.
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) along with over 100 UK wine and spirit producers, retailers and hospitality businesses have called on the government to cut duty in a 'last-ditch plea' ahead of the Budget announcement on 6 March.
Bar owners who are misled into selling alcohol to minors with fake IDs may soon have a way to prove their innocence using surveillance camera footage under a proposed rule change.
The health ministry on Monday rolled out its first guidelines on alcohol consumption, aiming to reduce associated health risks.
The guidelines set out the amount of alcohol consumed that raises the risk of developing diseases and conditions in an effort to encourage people to drink in moderation.
Once Australia's leading wine export destination, wine producers have been heavily impacted by the closure of the Chinese market as a result of political tension which led to China's imposition of tariffs on imported wine from Australia.
As the federal government is set to raise its alcohol tax, Ontario says it is halting increases in the province's beer tax and LCBO labeling rates that were set to begin March 1.
"This increase may be the result of inflation-indexed rates, which the government has consistently suspended over the past six years, resulting in an estimated $200 million relief," the province said in a statement news release.
The latest IWSR Ecommerce Strategic Study suggests that alcohol ecommerce is finally entering into a period of normalisation following the Covid boom and subsequent post-pandemic correction.