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Supermarket chain in British Columbia, Canada
Urban Fare
is a
supermarket
chain located in
British Columbia
. It is a subsidiary of the
Overwaitea Food Group
, which, in turn, is owned by the
Vancouver
-based
Jim Pattison Group
. The chain has seven locations, four located in
downtown Vancouver
, one at the
UBC
Point Grey campus, and one each in
Calgary
and
Kelowna
. It is part of the 'More Rewards'
rewards card
program as also featured at other stores in the chain such as
Save-On-Foods
.
Urban Fare is primarily
upmarket
, with a focus on
high-end
,
gourmet
,
organic
and
imported
foods. In addition to selling food, most locations also have an in-store restaurant and coffee bar. Most of the stores also feature a florist, pharmacy and wide selection of prepackaged "grab and go" meals.
History
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The first Urban Fare opened in 1999 in Vancouver's trendy
Yaletown
neighborhood, at the base of a new luxury condominium development. An
Edmonton, Alberta
store in the city's historic
Crestwood
neighborhood opened shortly after but closed after its lease expired. A second Vancouver location in the
Coal Harbour
neighbourhood opened in 2007, and a third opened in 2008 in the
Living Shangri-La
tower in downtown Vancouver. In 2012 the chain added a new location in Vancouver's
Olympic Village
complex, billed as an "Express Urban Fare", being half the size of most other locations.
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A fifth location, the first outside Vancouver, was opened in a converted Cooper's Foods store in
Kelowna
also in 2012. A sixth location was opened in uptown
Calgary
in 2019.
Early in its history, the store made news for the price and luxury of some of its goods, notably an imported loaf of
Poilane
bread which it sold for $100.
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