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New Vernon grocery store aiming for late June opening

FreshCo aims for late June

As FreshCo gets ready to open its new Kelowna store, it looks like Vernon's will open in late June.

"Our teams are working hard to ensure the store is ready to open and serve the community. We are aiming for late June," company spokesperson Michaela Konken said in an email.

Meanwhile, the FreshCo at Dilworth Centre in Kelowna will open May 7.

Both stores have been renovated and rebranded from the Safeway name by parent company Sobeys. 

Konken said the FreshCo stores will include measures to protect the health and safety of employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These include introducing a senior shopping hour from 7 to 8 a.m. daily, sanitizing carts and other high-touch surfaces constantly during the day, teammates washing their hands every 15 minutes, limiting the number of people in stores, physical distancing markers on the floor, and ensuring employees have access to necessary personal protective equipment like gloves, masks, and protective shields for workstations.



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