Food Basics opened its seventh store in Hamilton at 751 Upper James on Sept 26.
The 36,000-square-foot discount grocery store replaces the Metro store that closed in July.
It features a wide variety of grocery items including fresh fruit and vegetables, organic products, ready-to-eat meal options, beer and wine, an OLG lottery outlet and a pharmacy.
The store employs about 75 people, about half of them returning from the previous Metro store.
For Mountain shoppers the grocery store has had a few different looks over the years. It was once an Ultra Food and Drug Mart and later a Barn after the Barn chain was purchased by A&P in 1999. The Metro name was added in 2005 after Metro acquired A&P.
Food Basics opened its seventh store in Hamilton at 751 Upper James on Sept 26.
The 36,000-square-foot discount grocery store replaces the Metro store that closed in July.
It features a wide variety of grocery items including fresh fruit and vegetables, organic products, ready-to-eat meal options, beer and wine, an OLG lottery outlet and a pharmacy.
The store employs about 75 people, about half of them returning from the previous Metro store.
For Mountain shoppers the grocery store has had a few different looks over the years. It was once an Ultra Food and Drug Mart and later a Barn after the Barn chain was purchased by A&P in 1999. The Metro name was added in 2005 after Metro acquired A&P.
Food Basics opened its seventh store in Hamilton at 751 Upper James on Sept 26.
The 36,000-square-foot discount grocery store replaces the Metro store that closed in July.
It features a wide variety of grocery items including fresh fruit and vegetables, organic products, ready-to-eat meal options, beer and wine, an OLG lottery outlet and a pharmacy.
The store employs about 75 people, about half of them returning from the previous Metro store.
For Mountain shoppers the grocery store has had a few different looks over the years. It was once an Ultra Food and Drug Mart and later a Barn after the Barn chain was purchased by A&P in 1999. The Metro name was added in 2005 after Metro acquired A&P.