Even if it assures that “stock availability is not an issue” for the moment, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) warns that certain star products could soon run out of stores if the situation worsens.
“If the conflict persists, some of our most popular products could quickly run out of stock,” confirmed to Journal Linda Bouchard, spokesperson for the SAQ on Monday.
The state-owned company says it has been monitoring the situation at the port of Montreal for several weeks now to minimize the consequences of this conflict on its operations.
“Seeing the risk of congestion coming at the port due to the labor dispute, we made sure to empty our goods from the port in advance to avoid a build-up,” explains Linda Bouchard.
Port d’Halifax
The organization does not have containers at the Port of Montreal and has redirected its containers to the Port of Halifax to avoid problems.
“We then have to repatriate them to Montreal by land or rail, which generates significant additional costs for the SAQ,” explains Linda Bouchard.
At Dollorama, they say they have “certain levers to mitigate the potential effects of a labor conflict.”
“We continue to monitor the situation closely,” we assure.
