Battleford liquor store ‘made sense’: Sobeys
The mystery is over as Sobey’s was announced as the successful bidder to run the private liquor store in Battleford.
The SLGA liquor store is in Battleford is one of the 39 public stores being turned private and one of the 50 total new public stores in Saskatchewan. The grocery chain submitted the chosen request for proposal (RFP) to operate the incoming public liquor store in Battleford.
With nine of the 50 private stores to be run by Sobeys, Keri Scobie with Sobeys Western Canada said the company saw Battleford as a great opportunity.
“We’ve been in Saskatchewan for a couple of years now and customer responses to our stores and our offering have been tremendous. When the government was going through this process, we looked at the communities and where there was opportunity and Battleford was one that made sense to us,” she said.