A liquor company says it has been bottled with its American counterparts and has taken from the shelves of the SAQ stores, despite having the headquarters in Laval, which.
The founder of LS Cream Licheur, Stevens Charles, says that he began receiving worked text messages that could not find the Haitian -style drink after the rates of the president of the United States Donald Trump entered into force last week.
“The way it is seen at this time, it seems that LS Cream is part of the problem,” CBC told Daybreak.
Although based in Laval, Charles says the company Bottea its product in the United States, a decision that made after fighting Quebec through the bidding process when it started around 2014.
After a year in business, Charles says that the Province Liquor Board, the Société des alcools du québec (SAQ), began to make orders for its product.
“We have been a quite good success during all those years because, as you know, if you don’t act, they never order again. And we have been selling all our orders since then,” he said.
The cream liquor is inspired by the Haitian celebration drink Breeds, that is infused with nutmeg, cinnamon, anise star, among other ingredients that remember the holidays.
The SAQ, meanwhile, says that the LS cream liquor is an American product, reiterating the statement It was broadcast when the Quebec government asked him to take out the American alcohol from his shelves.
The elimination “includes wines, spirits, American bottled products locally and beers in transit for brewers,” according to the statement.
LS Cream occurs in Buffalo, NY, bottled in Florida, then sent to a deposit in New Jersey, where the SAQ generally collects it for importation to Canada.
Daybreak Montreal9:11Why was a Liquor company based in Quebec from the SAQ shelves?
The SAQ has retired all American products from its shelves at the request of the Provincial Government, but a Company based in Quebec says they have chosen a network too wide. Stevens Charles is the founder of LS Cream Liquiteur, a liquor inspired by Haitian. He spoke with Sean Henry of Daybreak.
Charles says he approached the Board about his unique situation, but says he has not had news, and adds that he hopes that a commitment can be achieved. He says that he understands the ban, but he hopes that the Board can see that it is not the “incarnation of a company based in the United States.”
Last year, the Board appeared An interview With Charles and his co-founder Myriam Jean-Baptiste in his place standing out for the month of black history.
“We are to Haitian Canadians that bottle [an] Haiti ancestral recipe. That is the story. We are not a chameleon, we are not trying to be Canadians here, we there. “
Charles, who lives with his family in Laval, says he is possibly investigating operations in Canada, but says it is complicated.
“If everything was easy, we would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately, it is not.”
