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February 2023
"From a consumer perspective, as consumer preferences change, of course beverage manufacturers respond with different packaging or different products, the same way you've seen in the last five years, a large number of low-alcohol or no-alcohol beverages being introduced to the market."
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January 2023
"This is particularly frustrating, considering the financial state of the industry right now".
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January 2023
"The Granville Entertainment District should be a shining entertainment and cultural beacon for our city. If we're going to call ourselves a world-class city, we need to have world-class culture and entertainment experiences,".
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August 2022
"This needs to stop before it gets worse,” said Guignard. "We urge both sides to get back to the negotiation table immediately before this strike does further damage to B.C.'s economy."
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August 2022
“The BCGEU strike continues to disrupt our entire industry is deeply frustrating to the pubs and restaurants still struggling to recover from the financial damage of the pandemic,” said Guignard.
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August 2022
“Today we’re asking both sides to get back to the table immediately and find a deal, because this is now impacting B.C.’s entire $15-billion liquor industry, thousands of small businesses and 200,000 workers that we employ.”
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March 2022
Guignard used his experience as a parliamentary chief of staff to wrest the ability to buy liquor at wholesale prices from the B.C. liquor control board—and in doing so had a significant and ongoing impact on the financial health of every restaurant in the province.
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March 2022
“People are absolutely partying like it's 2019 this weekend," Guignard said. "We're getting really excited for next weekend too, right? It'll be the first St. Patrick's Day in two years where we can actually celebrate. St. Patrick's Day is typically one of our biggest days of the year, but it has not been for the last couple of years”
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february 2022
“As we stand with those who want to live in peace and against those who commit deplorable and illegal acts of aggression, we have put an immediate halt to the importing and sale of Russian liquor products from our BC Liquor Stores and provincial liquor distribution centres.”
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february 2022
“For the industry, though, the vaccine passports are hindering out business and out ability to get back to normal. They had more to do with restrictions around group sizes … which puts a capacity restriction on the industry.”
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january 2022
“Ask any restaurateur: prior to COVID, B.C. was one of the most repressive jurisdictions on the planet when it came to making a buck off selling booze. But the pandemic saw owners reeling from shutdowns and mixed messaging..”
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january 2022
Expiration dates removed for B.C.'s COVID-19 orders around gatherings, events, bars and gyms “If we don’t get some good news for those businesses, we’re going to be speaking to government about additional financial support,”
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December 2021
B.C. bars not ready to write off New Year’s, despite new COVID restrictions With rising COVID numbers, the province has introduced new measures that kick in Monday. Jeff Guignard, Executive Director of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees, says it’s another setback for the industry but a necessary step.
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september 2021
We are concerned about how the [BC Vaccine Card] is going to roll out. It’s a quick turnaround and it’s a very contentious issue for a lot of folks … There’s no scenario where it’s acceptable to go yell at a 25-year-old host or hostess in a pub or restaurant. They’re doing what they’re ordered to do by the provincial government.
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september 2021
There’s been a lot of ads about the [BC Vaccine Card], the government has been quite clear about what’s going on. If people are showing up and they don’t have a vaccine passport prepared, we know that they’re coming to pick a fight, and that’s fully unacceptable.
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MAY 2021
There’s just not enough workers in the environment right now for a lot of the businesses and with everyone reopening you can see that they are staggering it across the sectors […] These are good jobs and they are going to pay quite well.
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january 2021
The industry has worked hard to provide guests with a safe experience. We're going to have people watching the Super Bowl quietly and safely. It's not designed to be a party by any means.
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december 2020
It's not like New Year's Eve hasn't been on the calendar for a while now. So we're extremely frustrated that they're doing this at the last minute without giving anybody a heads-up.
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NOVEMBER 2020
It's British Columbians who need to give us a hand here and step up or else, honestly, a lot of restaurants or pubs won't be there on the other side of this because they'll have gone bankrupt.
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november 2020
Our message today is we want people to stop having private gatherings, come out to the bars and restaurants where we can keep you safe, keep you socially distanced.
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october 2020
Stopping liquor service at 10 p.m. has been a very significant problem for our industry and removed a massive portion of revenue […] If we could move that back to 12 a.m., it would give those businesses an opportunity to continue to operate profitably, or at least try and get back to some measure of profit.
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september 2020
It’s now been over a week since Dr. Henry issued verbal orders that have had devastating financial consequences for BC’s hospitality industry, and we still don’t know the exact details of how to comply. It’s an impossible situation that is putting the financial viability of our industry at risk.
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