Another big shoe has dropped in the aftermath of Sobeys' acquisition of the rival Canada Safeway supermarket chain.
A Sobeys West spokeswoman confirmed Thursday Safeway's longtime warehouse/distribution centre at 1000 King Edward St. will be closing within the next year, throwing 172 employees out of work.
The move is part of an ongoing rationalization and consolidation process launched in the wake of Sobeys acquiring 213 Safeway stores in Western Canada in June 2013.
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