By Andrew Macdonald The NSLC released its second-quarter financial results (Q2) from the period June 29 -September 27, 2020 - reporting a 5.4% increase in profits of $77.8 million. Total sales for the quarter were $216.6 million, with beverage alcohol sales of $194.5...
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NS Bars, Pubs & Restaurants See Sharp Declines In Alcohol Sales – Reports The NSLC
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NSLC By The Numbers – Second Quarter Performance
By Andrew Macdonald Readers of The Notebook know I do not tend to re-publish news releases - instead, we prefer to have live interviews and chats with our NS newsmakers. However, I am making an exception and publishing the Q2 financial statements issued this week by...
Beer Wars: NS Craft Breweries See Sales Traction At Expense Of Giants Like Oland, Labatt & Molson
By Andrew Macdonald NSLC: Commercial Beer Sales Continue Downward Trend This week, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp reported its second quarter financial results (Q2) for the period June 29 -September 27, 2020 - and a trend which has seen beer giants like Oland, Labatt...
Nova Scotia Auditor General Michael Pickup’s Questions: The NSLC Response From Bev Ware
As I reported the other week, the Nova Scotia Auditor General Michael Pickup did an audit on the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation and his report contained a list of questions directed at the NSLC. I took those questions and asked the NSLC's chief spokesperson to answer...
Brian Titus Makes Play On Premier’s Message And Debuts ‘Stay The Blazes Home Ale’ – Helping To Keep 40 Staffers At Garrison Brewery On Payroll
By Andrew Macdonald Brian Titus Latest To Make Play On Premier’s Now Famous Mantra - Garrison Debuts “Stay The Blazes Home Ale” Halifax craft beer maker Garrison Brewing is set to launch a new beer on Thursday that reinforces the importance of social-distancing and...
Coronavirus: Jim Spatz’s Bishop’s Cellar Sees Uptick In Online Wine Sales
By Andrew Macdonald In times of stress and turmoil, some folk might turn to alcohol to de-compress or use booze to go numb. Millennial entrepreneur Lara Cusson, prior to closing her one-year-and-half trendy and popular Agricola Street coffee and booze emporium, Cafe...
Beer Wars Part II: Brian Titus: ‘Giants Want To Buy Me Out’ & Even Brazilian Owned Oland Brewery Taps Into Growing Craft Beer Market With Its Very Own Small Batch Brewery – TOO!
Further to the above Beer Wars article, here is a Notebook archived story, filed recently, where Brian Titus discloses that beer giants have tried to buy out his craft brew entity, Garrison Brewery. Click here for that news scoop in our archives. To lean more about...
The Time I Shared A Beer With Bruce Oland – The Last Of The Oland Family To Actually Own Oland Brewery
By Andrew Macdonald The Time I Shared A Beer With Bruce Oland Long before I became a beer addict, and then saw and see salvation, I once shared a beer with Bruce Oland - the now late Halifax beer baron. I wanted to interview Oland about the family’s private burial...
Gotta Love It: Old Fashioned Beer Wars Between Brazilian Owned Oland Brewery & NS Craft Brewers Such As Garrison & Dirty Blonde
By Andrew Macdonald How about a fine non-Coronavirus story - for a change and distraction: An Old Fashioned Beer War As NS Craft Brewers Like Garrison Take Aim At Brazilian Owned Giants Like Oland Brewery. You gotta love it: Recent Notebook beer coverage touches off...
Annapolis Valley Craft Brewer Scales Back Beer Production & Closes Wolfville Beer Taproom
By Andrew Macdonald With 66 craft brewers operating in Nova Scotia, economic headwinds have hit one of these smaller brewers, weeks after giant brewer Oland, owned by a Brazilian global giant, questioned the economic viability of many of the province’s...
