Once again, Food Fare Winnipeg stayed open on a holiday.

All five Winnipeg Food Fare locations were open for Canada Day, despite Manitoba’s Retail Businesses Holiday Closing Act.

The Manitoba law prohibits retail stores and businesses from opening to the public on defined holidays. However, there are exemptions that allow some businesses to open. 

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Munther Zeid, the owner and manager, of the Winnipeg grocery store says it's not fair that his stores cannot stay open when marijuana stores and casinos were open, too.

Food Fare, after also being open on Good Friday, still maintains that they must stay open for its community over the holiday when that may be their only chance to come to the store.

Food Fare says they only asked their employees to voluntarily work the holiday and had more than enough takers who would earn double-time.

Food Fare was previously warned for operating in violation of the law on Labour Day in 2018, was warned again ahead of Good Friday this year, and still was open on Canada Day.

There is a petition, started by the owner and manager of Food Fare, online.