Ontario company says LCBO private warehouse deal is forcing it out of business [Video]

An Ontario delivery company claims a deal between the LCBO and an international logistics company to operate a warehouse near Toronto is squeezing them out of the alcohol business, alleging they’re the victims of a “conspiracy” against them.

In a lawsuit initially filed in 2022, an Ontario courier called Phyxiat — which delivers alcohol for the LCBO and independent wineries and brewers — claimed a contract handed out by the alcohol retailer to run one of its warehouses a few years ago has cost it millions.

The legal documents, which have not been proven in court, allege that a corporation run by an international courier DHL — along with the LCBO — worked deliberately to make it harder for Phyxiat to operate, therefore monopolizing the province’s alcohol supply chain.

“They’ve set up a monopoly, inside a monopoly, inside a monopoly,” Marc Roussel, president of Phyxiat, told Global News.  “They are insulated from everything that ever happens.”

A spokesperson for DHL …