Colbourne Grocery Store: Foodland will not reopen, Sobey’s says [Video]

Mandy Martin paid for her furnace with the money she made working behind the deli counter at the former Foodland in the village of Colborne.

The mayor of Cramahe Township in Northumberland County is familiar with the history and the importance of the former Toronto Street grocery store – Colborne’s only full supermarket -that was destroyed by fire in May 2023.

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The township announced Tuesday (April 23) it had received a letter from Sobeys, the parent company of the Colborne Foodland, stating it would not be reopening a food store in Colborne.

“We know that people are missing it desperately – the access to food, a food store, and the deli, of course,” Martin told kawarthaNOW.

“I also appreciate though that for Sobeys, it’s a major business decision,” the mayor added. “We have a population here of 6,200. They have …