Cochrane will be the newest location of a Save-On-Foods, as the Competition Bureau approved the sale of 15 Sobeys Inc. grocery stores to Overwaitea Food Group.
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Co-op buying 14 Sobeys, Safeways; expanding southern Alberta service
Co-op is set to expand in southern Alberta, as the co-operative retailer will buy up 14 locations of the Sobeys and Safeway brands, including a food retail outlet in Taber and its first four stores in Edmonton.
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Mom-and-pop convenience stores are becoming a thing of the past (with video)
The incident made his wife cry, but Elias Monsour brags that he was not frightened when, two weeks ago last Thursday, a hooded twentysomething-year-old man, flanked by a pair of friends, pulled out a gun and demanded he hand over the contents of his Glebe corner store’s cash register. Monsour put the money — a princely haul that amounted to about a hundred dollars — on the counter. “Take it and go!” he yelled.
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Convenience store operators say ‘overregulation’ threatens viability
CALGARY — An overabundance of municipal regulations is a significant cost burden for many Canadian convenience store owners, says a new state of the industry report.
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Big box stores a priority: Tupper
Do you think bringing in big box stores should be a priority for the city?
Ward 1 council hopeful Jon Tupper says it is.
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Edmonton-area Target stores open Tuesday
EDMONTON – The first Target stores in Edmonton, Sherwood Park and St. Albert will open at five locations Tuesday, the retailer announced Monday.
Stores open Tuesday at 8 a.m. at Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre, Mill Woods Town Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Sherwood Park Mall and St. Albert Centre. No specific date was given for the Kingsway Mall store, but a Target spokeswoman said she believed it would open in early 2014.
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