A customer enters your licensed establishment with an open, unsealed bottle of wine from home, stating they wish to finish it with their meal. What is your response?

Question: A customer enters your licensed establishment with an open, unsealed bottle of wine from home, stating they wish to finish it with their meal. What is your response?

Answer options:

• Allow them to consume it, as long as they also purchase a meal. ✅ Inform them that outside alcohol is prohibited and you must confiscate the bottle.
• Suggest they seal the bottle and store it with your coat check until they leave.
• Offer to pour the wine into a glass for them, as long as it's consumed discreetly.

Correct answer: Inform them that outside alcohol is prohibited and you must confiscate the bottle.

Explanation: Bringing and consuming outside alcohol on licensed premises is strictly prohibited by Saskatchewan liquor regulations, regardless of whether it's an open or sealed container. The most appropriate action is to inform the customer of the prohibition and confiscate the bottle. Allowing them to store it or consume it, even discreetly, violates the license conditions. The only exception would be for specific 'corkage fee' permits, which this scenario doesn't suggest, and even then, there are rules around previously opened bottles.