7 more local grocery stores to start selling beer

Cans of beer sit on a shelf at the Real Canadian Superstore in Kitchener on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. (Marc Venema / CTV Kitchener)

More supermarkets in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Stratford have been awarded licences to sell beer and cider.

The province announced Friday that alcohol sales have been approved for 87 more stores, and sales can begin at those stores in April.

Local stores newly allowed to sell beer and cider include the following:

Once the 87 newly approved stores start selling alcohol, the total number of supermarkets doing so in Ontario will be at 370. The province plans to eventually expand that number to 450.