Early Summer Summary
PERIOD 3 May 26 - June 22
PERIOD 4 June 23 - July 20
Seasonal Themes
Our Early Summer Campaign will help customers enter summer mode. We will showcase refreshing products and innovative solutions that make it easy to kick-off the season and embrace the sunshine.
Product Discovery: New Products, Easy Solutions

Occasions & Observances
Core Sales Occasions | Core Gifting Occasions | Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Equity (DIBE) & Support Occasions | |
P3 | CFL Season begins Cottage Kick-off Season Euro Cup | Father’s Day (June 16) Wedding Season End of School / Graduations | National Indigenous History Month National Indigenous People’s History Day (June 21) PRIDE Month |
P4 | Canada Day (Monday, July 1) Cottage Season Euro Cup | End of School / Graduations Wedding Season | St. Jean Baptiste Day (June 24) |

SOS Focus & Fundraising Campaigns | Aeroplan Promotions | |
P3 | Pride Campaign + Good Partner Feature Pride Fundraising / Collective Group of Charities Fundraising Campaign | ONLINE & IN-STORE: Summer Bonus Contest |
P4 | Lab Integration Campaign | ONLINE & IN-STORE: Shop Summer Promotion |
ALSO HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER:
Pride (Packaging Only)
Summer Gifting Program (Gift Cards and Gift Packaging)
DISPLAY | PRODUCT FOCUS | |
Period 3 | Period 4 | |
Feature Fixture A | Wine Cocktails (Red/ White/Rosé) | Wine Cocktails (Red/ White/Rosé) |
Feature Fixture B (New & Seasonal) | Seasonal Rosés (not sold) | Seasonal Rosés (not sold) |
Cocktail of the Month (EA 1) | Gin | Canadian Whisky |
Entrance Table | Spirits | Spirits |
Spirits Gifting Display | Deluxe Brown Spirits for Father’s Day | Tequila Gifts for Weddings & Celebrations |
Wines Gifting Display | Father’s Day - Vintages Essentials | Weddings & Celebrations - French Rosé |
Front Nesting Table | PRIDE (All Play) | Flight A: Pride (All Play) Flight B: Canadian Whisky |
Middle Nesting Table | French Summer Whites (GL/Ess) | Italian Summer Whites (GL/Ess) |
Beer Block Pile (A) | Beer | Beer |
RTD Block Pile (B) | RTD | RTD |
Wines Loyalty Block Pile (C) | 100 BAP Wines - Buy a case, Get 1,200 points | 100 BAP Wines - Buy a case, Get 1,200 points |
Spirits Loyalty Block Pile (C) | Spirits | Spirits |
Local Beer & Cider Display (EA 10) | Beer | Beer |
Block Pile D Activation Area | Spirits | Spirits |
Excitement Zone A | Beer | Beer |
Excitement Zone C | RTD | Beer |
Excitement Zone D | Beer | RTD |
Spirits Cold Room | Brown Spirits | |
Spirited Picks | White Spirits | White Spirits |
Front End Merchandiser 1 | White Spirits Impulse | White Spirits Impulse |
Front End Merchandiser 2 | Wines Impulse | Wines Impulse |
Front End Merchandiser 3 | Brown Spirits Impulse | Brown Spirits Impulse |
RTD Impulse Risers (1-4) | RTD | RTD |
Pop Up Shops | Spirits | BCRTD |
Flagship Spotlight | Wine | BCRTD |
DISPLAY | PRODUCT FOCUS | |
Period 3 | Period 4 | |
End Aisle 1 (COTM) | See info above. | |
End Aisle 2 | Brown Spirits | Brown Spirits |
End Aisle 3 | Wines | Wines |
End Aisle 4 | Brown Spirits | Brown Spirits |
End Aisle 5 | RTD | RTD |
End Aisle 6 | RTD | RTD |
End Aisle 7 | Beer | Beer |
End Aisle 8 | RTD | RTD |
End Aisle 9 | Beer | Beer |
End Aisle 10 (MT C) | Beer | Beer |
End Aisle 11 | Brown Spirits | Brown Spirits |
End Aisle 12 | Brown Spirits | Brown Spirits |
End Aisle 13 | White Spirits | White Spirits |
End Aisle 14 | Brown Spirits | Brown Spirits |
End Aisle 15 | White Spirits | White Spirits |
End Aisle 16 | Wines | Wines |
End Aisle 17 | Beer | Beer |
End Aisle 18 | White Spirits | White Spirits |
End Aisle 19 | Wines | Wines |
End Aisle 20 | Beer | Beer |
Vintages End Aisle (EA VL1) | Vintages Essentials on offer (LTO/BAP) | Vintages Essentials on offer (LTO/BAP) |
Discovery End Aisle (EA W5) | TBD | TBD |