New grocer for Garden City

The residents of a Richmond neighbourhood will finally get a new supermarket, 18 months after their longserving IGA closed its doors.

Garden City Shopping Centre at Garden City and Blundell roads is about to get a Save-On Foods, with the store set to open on Thursday, March 23 at 7 a m

People living in the area have been desperate to get a supermarket option closer to home since IGA shut up shop in the fall of 2021

The Richmond News reached out to Save-On Foods last week for more details about the opening but have yet to receive a reply

The News reported at the time of the IGA closure how the supermarket staff at the time were not being retained by the incoming Save-On Foods

Despite repeated attempts, the News was unable to get a response from either IGA or Save-On Foods

Staff at the IGA contacted the News at the time to say that none of the workers were unionized and none of them were being kept on when SaveOn moves in Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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