Battleford business owners concerned over private liquor vendor
The impending privatization of the liquor store in Battleford isn’t sitting well with local business owners.
The public liquor store, located at 102 22nd St. in downtown Battleford, is one of 40 stores across the province in the process of going private.
Owners of Battleford Super A Foods, Aaron and Charity Janzen told Battleford Town Council on Monday, June 19, they are in favour of keeping the liquor store public and in its current location.
Aaron believed there was no guarantee of where a private store would be located and the two worried the current vendor might move out of the downtown to Highway 4, by Tim Hortons and the Co-op Gas Bar.