{"id":136361,"date":"2020-01-29T07:55:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T12:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/?p=136361"},"modified":"2020-01-29T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:04:52","slug":"2020-minimum-price-of-beer-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/2020-minimum-price-of-beer-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"1.9% Increase of Quebec’s Minimum Price of Beer as of April 1st 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflecting a quite strong economy, inflation in Canada has reached a substantial level of 1.9% last year versus 2.3% the previous year (see source here<\/a>), after several years of low increases such as 0.9% in 2013 or 1.1% in 2015.<\/p>\n

For Quebec beer lovers, that essentially means the minimum price of beer sold here will be increased by a similar rate on April 1st.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the R\u00e9gie des alcools, courses et jeux (RACJ)<\/a> \u2014 Quebec’s Liquor Board \u2014 will announce over the next few months that it will raise the minimum beer prices by 1.9% uniformly according to the various categories of alcohol, as follows:<\/p>\n