Winnipeg will soon be home to three Save-On-Foods grocery stores and the B.C.-based retailer is hoping to eventually have a total of 12 stores in the province.
B.C.-based retailer is hoping to eventually have a total of 12 stores in Manitoba
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Save-On-Foods announces 3 Winnipeg locations
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Winnipeg will soon be home to three Save-On-Foods grocery stores and the B.C.-based retailer is hoping to eventually have a total of 12 stores in Manitoba.
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Hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot at the Northgate Shopping Centre to hear the Save-On-Foods announcement and get a bag of free groceries. (Camille Gris Roy/CBC)Winnipeg will soon be home to three Save-On-Foods grocery stores and the B.C.-based retailer is hoping to eventually have a total of 12 stores in Manitoba.
The locations of the three Winnipeg stores were announced Thursday morning at a news conference by the Overwaitea Food Group, which owns the Save-On-Foods chain.
Northgate Shopping Centre.
St. James Station.
Bridgwater Forest townsite.
All three stores will open in 2016 and will be between 40,000 square feet and 65,000 square feet.
Following the announcement, which took place in the parking lot at the Northgate Shopping Centre on McPhillips Street, representatives from the company handed out bags of free groceries.
They also donated a grocery order to Winnipeg Harvest executive director David Northcott.
Save-On-Foods will open stores in 2016 at Northgate Shopping Centre, St. James Station, and Bridgwater Forest townsite. (Meghan Grant/CBC)
