Nations Fresh grocery store coming to Jackson Square
A 55,000 square-foot grocery store is coming to Jackson Square in the Spring of 2013.
Nations Fresh Food Market, owned by Toronto-based grocery chain Oceans Fresh, will be opening in the same space that housed the Hamilton Farmers’ Market during renovations.
The store will be a full-service grocery with an emphasis on ethnic foods. It will include a fish counter, deli, prepared foods section, bakery, and salad bar.
Mayor Bob Bratina said he was “thrilled” with the news.
“There have been more than one such stores under consideration over the past year, so I was wondering who would come out first,” he said.
Attracting a grocery store downtown has long been a goal for Hamilton. In June, council stalled a decision about offering a $650,000 grant to entice a grocery store to set up shop in downtown Hamilton, choosing instead to ask staff to tweak the proposal to include the possibility of offering a loan instead of a grant and lowering the amount available.
At that time, Glen Norton, the city's manager of urban renewal, said that some grocery companies may want to beat out the competition and set up downtown before the city finishes its grant process.
He noted there were “several conversations” taking place within the private sector about this very possibility.
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