ONTARIO PRICE WAR
October 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIECANADIAN beer discounter Lakeport Brewing Corp. has announced plans to further cut the price of its beer to the lowest price allowed under Ontario law; a move that has intensified the ongoing price war in country's largest beer market. Effective from Monday October 11, Hamilton-based Lakeport was to slash the price of a case of 24 bottles to CDN$23.70, including the bottle deposit, undercutting Molson's newly launched Ontario discount Bohemian brand priced at CDN$24.00.Lakeport's decision may send shockwaves at Molson who blame increasingly low ...
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