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T&T Supermarket will open in spring of 2028 at CF Polo Park, T&T announced Thursday. (Supplied) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI am thrilled,\u201d said Peter Havens, CF Polo Park\u2019s general manager. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought, \u2018It\u2019s great to have a grocery store attached to a shopping centre.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
By current plans, customers will enter T&T Supermarket from outside the mall. The chain has inked a deal for 48,000 sq. ft. in the southwest corner, near EQ3.<\/p>\n
Carts should be available at ground level; customers will then go downstairs to grocery shop. The venue has been empty since Sears closed in 2017, Havens said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve held that one space \u2014 where the main level entrance is \u2014 in anticipation of a deal, something similar to this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A full makeover is needed, Havens added. T&T Supermarket plans to build a self-serve hot food bar \u2014 with options such as Peking duck and sushi \u2014 and rows for fresh Asian produce, seafood and meat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always thought, \u2018It\u2019s great to have a grocery store attached to a shopping centre.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll sell at least 50 styles of desserts and pastries, it said in a news release. A T&T Supermarket spokesperson wasn\u2019t available Thursday.<\/p>\n
The company began in Burnaby and Richmond, B.C., in 1993. Since then, it\u2019s expanded to three provinces \u2014 Alberta, Ontario and Quebec \u2014 and counts 40 North American locations.<\/p>\n
Three of those are in the United States.<\/p>\n
It has its own private label brand and is a subsidiary of Loblaw; T&T was acquired in 2009. It\u2019s now a sister company to the Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see how larger malls are reinventing themselves with the loss of key anchors like the Bay and Sears,\u201d said John Graham, the Retail Council of Canada\u2019s director of government relations for the Prairies.<\/p>\n
Grocers, entertainment and medical services are filling gaps in shopping centres, Graham noted. Last month, St. Vital Centre owner Leyad said the former Hudson\u2019s Bay space would hold entertainment <\/a>attractions<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201c(It\u2019s) fun to wander through.\u201d<\/p>\n T&T Supermarket is a \u201creally unique store, and I think one that Winnipeggers are going to have a lot of fun shopping in,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n \u201c(It\u2019s) fun to wander through.\u201d<\/p>\n Its arrival follows grocery chains\u2019 expansion of ethnic food options. CF Polo Park has seen demand for a \u201cprofessional outlet\u201d such as T&T Supermarket, Havens said.<\/p>\n Manitobans can now shop at T&T Supermarket through its app and website. Dried goods and Asian beauty products are among the items available for mail-to-home service, the company said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s drumming up awareness through online sales and by giving two years of lead time, said Divya Ramachandran, a University of Manitoba marketing professor.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce you start purchasing from a certain app or a certain store, you start getting used to the interface, you start getting used to the products, the prices,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd you keep going back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t T&T Supermarket can adjust its Winnipeg store, before opening, based on information it collects through online customers\u2019 data, Ramachandran said.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving a big brand like T&T choosing to come here to Winnipeg, I think, is a very positive sign,\u201d she added. \u201cEspecially when we hear about the fact that old stores are closing around the city.\u201d<\/p>\n Giant Tiger has said it\u2019ll shutter its Donald Street shop<\/a> in November. It closed a couple Winnipeg stores in the past two years.<\/p>\n Boards cover former 7-Eleven windows across the city; the chain has ended at least eight locations since August of 2024.<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t T&T Supermarket\u2019s arrival will boost customer traffic at the already busy mall, Ramachandran said.<\/p>\n The Winnipeg hub is the latest result of T&T\u2019s partnership with Cadillac Fairview. T&T Supermarket opened a location in Toronto\u2019s CF Fairview Mall three years ago. It\u2019s also planned a store for CF Sherway Gardens in the Etobicoke district of Toronto.<\/p>\n In Polo Park, shoppers expressed excitement for the incoming store Thursday. Gabriel Colome, who\u2019s from the Philippines, said it reminds him of home \u2014 malls sometimes have supermarkets below.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s definitely flexible, because once you finish grocery shopping, you can just go to the mall,\u201d Colome said.<\/p>\n Uniqlo, Thriftys<\/a> and Abercrombie & Fitch opened in CF Polo Park earlier this year.<\/p>\n gabrielle.piche@winnipegfreepress.com<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Gabrielle Pich\u00e9 Gabrielle Pich\u00e9 reports on business for the Free Press. She interned at the Free Press and worked for its sister outlet, Canstar Community News, before entering the business beat in 2021. Read more about Gabrielle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Gabrielle produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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