Local LCBO customers react to stores reopening after strike [Video]

The LCBO strike is over after more than two weeks and customers were happy to shop in stores on Tuesday.

In Waterloo Region, many could be seen leaving the stores with big boxes full of product.

“Mostly, I just had to go to The Beer Store so it costed me more money on the bus,” said one customer.

Restaurants and bars were just as relieved to see LCBO stores opened again.

“You could order online, but the process was terrible. Often the website would send you in a loop for licensees and you couldn’t order anything. There were certain products that were just entirely not available,” said Kypp Saunders, co-owner of Babylon Sisters.

Babylon Sisters turned to local distilleries instead. They aim to continue that practice for certain products.

“Hopefully this ended up being a boom for them, because probably a lot of people were trying their products for the …