By 2005, the beer from Monroe exported to Alberta made up 85 percent of the brewery’s total production, according to the complaint. Mountain Crest has been exporting Boxer to Ontario since November 2009, but growth there has not matched that of other markets, despite a $1 million television advertising campaign, the lawsuit contends. Mountain Crest also paid $631,797 to get its products in 440 TBS locations.

TBS stores do not operate like traditional U.S. liquor stores.

The vast majority of stores contain no shelving and only list inventory on a wall. Most products are kept out-of-sight of customers, rolled out on conveyor belts once an order is placed, which “discourages customer shopping and limits competition to brands the customer is already familiar with,” the lawsuit contends. Some stores, however, have a grab-and-go cooler where a limited number of single-serving cans of beer are sold. TBS charges brewing companies for access, but the coolers are mostly filled with AB and Molson Coors products, according to the lawsuit.