Co-op Marketplace Closes June 14, 2014
In 2014, as a condition of Sobeys purchasing Canada Safeway, Sobeys was required to sell 23 stores across Canada (a mixture of Sobeys's stores and Safeway stores) to competitors. In Saskatoon, the Safeway store located at 3310 8th Street East was ordered to be sold, and was eventually sold to Federated Co-operatives Ltd., which operates Saskatoon Co-op stores. This store, however, is located at 2510 8th Street East, and will close June 14, 2014. This store has gone through numerous outside cosmetic changes over the years. The store is leased and the stores attached to the Co-op store will remain open when the Co-op store closes. The board decided to close this store because it was not economically feasible to upgrade the store to them. A store across town located on 33rd Street West is currently undergoing renovations and the west entrance is already largely demolished, and I will take picture(s) of those doors soon, if they still remain in their present position when I drop by.
Co-op Marketplace Closes June 14, 2014
In 2014, as a condition of Sobeys purchasing Canada Safeway, Sobeys was required to sell 23 stores across Canada (a mixture of Sobeys's stores and Safeway stores) to competitors. In Saskatoon, the Safeway store located at 3310 8th Street East was ordered to be sold, and was eventually sold to Federated Co-operatives Ltd., which operates Saskatoon Co-op stores. This store, however, is located at 2510 8th Street East, and will close June 14, 2014. This store has gone through numerous outside cosmetic changes over the years. The store is leased and the stores attached to the Co-op store will remain open when the Co-op store closes. The board decided to close this store because it was not economically feasible to upgrade the store to them. A store across town located on 33rd Street West is currently undergoing renovations and the west entrance is already largely demolished, and I will take picture(s) of those doors soon, if they still remain in their present position when I drop by.