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@brandeentertainment wrote:Also can anyone explain to me how making my parcel do 1200 kms instead of 70kms is going to save Canada post money?
Spoke & Hub
Pioneered in the 70's by FedEx and now used around the world......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke-hub_distribution_paradigm
Saves Billions of Dollars every year in facility and labour costs which far outweigh extra transit costs.
@reallynicestamps wrote:OP- if most of your sales are to your own area, wouldn't it make more sense to offer Cash on Pickup, rather than slower postal delivery?
Otherwise, once your parcels reach the Hub, they move along quickly.
My BIL, who owns a micro-distillery, has a similar problem with BCLiquor Board which insists that he ship to Vancouver before his product is distributed in BC. This means his local pub cannot buy directly from him (he finds that basically understandable) but must buy gin that has had two ferry rides to Victoria, another to Vancouver, trucked to the BCLB, stamped, then back to Vancouver, to the ferry, to Victoria, to Nanaimo, to the ferry, to Denholm Island, to the other ferry and back home to Hornby.
Which is why he sells to Alberta instead.
Not exactly. ALL alcohol in Canada has to go through a bonded warehouse. BCLB is in Vancouver. For Alberta, the government mandated and controlled warehouse is in St Alberta known as Connect Logistics. That is overseen by The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC).
Alberta is not, never has been, never will be "private".
"In Alberta all retail liquor stores are privately owned."
When visiting my sister in Edmonton a few months ago, we were surprised to notice so many liquor stores. They seem to be at every corner. Looking at government statistics, it also seems that alcohol consumption in AB is above the national average.
Is there a direct correlation between privately owned liquor stores and higher consumption? Or is it a coincidence?
There has never been a correlation between price, availability, and consumption. 35 years in the business and that was never a factor.
Price of alcohol in Alberta is government controlled through a minimum wholesale price as set by the Alberta government. A few years back, about 5 or so, the Alberta gov't wanted more revenues, so, they increased the wholesale price of alcohol.
Retailers and distribution is in private hands. Retailers can sell for what ever price they like after they have purchased at the government set wholesale price. When they raised their prices, they became, with the exception of NL, I believe, the highest overall prices in Canada.
All of those stores are known as "buying your job". Profits are razor thin. Shop owners work their own stores basically like a sweatshop. They put in the 80 hours a week to make money. Then, a grocery store chain opens one and wipes out everyone for blocks around.
