Crown Royal's trademark bags are shown at the Diageo Canada bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont. on Friday, June 3, 2022. Diageo PLC, which owns the Crown Royal brand, announced it is closing the Amherstburg plant in early 2026. Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star

A nearly 100-year-old signature Canadian alcohol brand is closing down a bottling plant in Ontario and moving those operations to the United States. Diageo PLC said on Thursday that it will close its facility in Amherstburg, Ont., which currently bottles Crown Royal Canadian whisky products. At a press conference on Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford lashed out at Diageo, calling the company a “few fries short of a Happy Meal” and poured out a bottle of Crown Royal in protest. Here, Financial Post reporter Denise Paglinawan

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