, which represents multiple major booze conglomerates, announced that it is suing the LCBO over the Crown agency's decision in 2023 to penalize suppliers for non-compliance with"contradictory pricing policies."
Impacted suppliers include Beam Canada Inc. , Brown-Forman Corporation , Corby Spirit and Wine Ltd. , Diageo Canada Inc. , Campari Canada , and Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc. . For several months, suppliers claim they have been trying to resolve the issue of the LCBO abruptly levying millions of dollars in penalties for products sold more than a year earlier.
"The LCBO has taken an unreasonable, contradictory position: suppliers must meet the LCBO's dictated minimum pricing requirements, but now are issued penalties if Ontario prices exceed prices elsewhere in Canada," a press release by Spirit Canada reads.