The West Shore is set to get a new grocery store by the end of May, as Quality Foods gets ready to open a location in ColwoodB次元官网网址檚 Royal Bay neighbourhood.

In a news release published Wednesday (April 12), the grocery chain said the location will be its 14th since founder Noel Hayward opened his first store in Qualicum Beach in 1982. The new store is expected to create 100 jobs and open on May 25.

Announced alongside the opening date of the new location, the company said it plans to close its Errington distribution centre as of Dec. 31, with stores being supplied from Pattison Food Group partner warehouses in Metro Vancouver.

Quality Foods joined the Pattison Food Group in 2021.

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The company said employees with the distribution centre will be presented B次元官网网址渨ith a variety of continued employment opportunities to consider, including jobs with other PFG companies or at local Quality Foods stores.B次元官网网址�

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