The Maple Ridge Safeway is becoming a FreshCo.
The store will be closed as of May 25 to undergo renovations, which are expected to take up to five months.
Sobey’s Inc., the company that owns FreshCo, made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.
The Maple Ridge location will be one of the first 10 FreshCo locations to open in the province.
Five other Safeway locations that previously closed will be opening as FreshCo in the spring.
They are: Blundell, Richmond; Broadmoor, Richmond; Newton Town Center, Surrey; Strawberry Hills, Surrey; and the former Mission location. The Safeway in Aldergrove and the one in downtown Chilliwack will also be closing May 25 for renovations.
Safeway Ladner, Trenant Park, will be closing on July 13, and the Safeway in Abbotsford will be closing Sept. 7, to undergo renovations, as well.
Sobey’s Inc. says it will continue to operate temporary pharmacies at locations where there were such departments, while renovations and construction are underway and that “there will be no interruption in patient care or customer files.”
The company also stated that it is working with employees and unions to ensure the terms of their collective agreements are met as they work through this transition.
“As always, we will expend every effort to place employees in other stores within our store network in B.C.,” read the press release.
