"I think (for whats its worth) TO would not have contracted with Acklands-Grainger, London Drug and now the Richmond Olympic Oval if product deliverability was a problem - don't you."

He had to do something. If he signed with Shopper's, he would have to have product in hundreds of stores overnight. Acklands-Grainger does not even list the product yet and supplying them is not a critical as supplying a nation drug chain, but at least the distribution channel is in place.

I think TO did what he could do with what he had to work with.