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Giant Tiger’s Pembina Highway store in Winnipeg is set to close in February
Giant Tiger’s store on Pembina Highway in Winnipeg is expected to close in February.
It is one of at least three locations in Manitoba set to shut, along with stores in downtown Winnipeg and The Pas.
Winnipeg locations on McPhillips and Main Street closed two years ago.
Shoppers say the Pembina store is a useful place to buy lower-priced groceries and everyday items.
Some worry they will have to travel farther or spend more at other stores.
One shopper estimates that the same items could cost 20 to 30 per cent more elsewhere.
The closure could make it harder for people to stretch their grocery budgets, but Giant Tiger had not commented before publication.
Giant Tiger’s Pembina Highway store in Winnipeg is expected to close in late February.
The closure will remove one option for shoppers seeking affordable groceries.
Shoppers quoted by CBC said they may have to travel farther or pay more for similar items.
The Pembina Highway store is one of at least three Giant Tiger locations in Manitoba expected to close.
Giant Tiger had not responded to CBC’s request for comment before publication.
- Who
- Giant Tiger and shoppers who use its Pembina Highway store.
- What
- The Winnipeg store is expected to close.
- When
- Late February; the year is not stated.
- Where
- Pembina Highway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It's just less food in the fridge, I guess.
Anytime they close something like this, it hurts,
I think it's going to really affect the community.
Giant Tiger locations on McPhillips and Main Street in Winnipeg shut down.
A Giant Tiger store in downtown Winnipeg is set to close.
The Pembina Highway Giant Tiger store is expected to close.
- Location
- Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
- Expected closure
- Late February
- Manitoba closures
- At least three Giant Tiger stores
- Other Winnipeg closure
- Downtown store set to close in November
- Previous closures
- McPhillips and Main Street locations shut down two years ago
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