CLOVERDALE 鈥� The second grocery store in Surrey will open Friday morning (Aug. 28) at Clover Square Village, the Lark Group-managed mall in the 17710-block of 56th Avenue in Cloverdale.
The retail space was previously home to an IGA store.
The 23,000-square-foot No Frills store is operated by franchisee Glenn Scott, a 黑马磁力 resident who got his start in the grocery-retail business a decade ago in Olds, Alta. Two years later there, he became the manager of the first No Frills store in Western Canada.
No Frills stores are designed to 鈥渁ppeal to consumers looking for quality food essentials at a great value.鈥� A 鈥渟imple and efficient鈥� shopping experience is promised by the chain, which operates under Loblaw Companies Limited.
Surrey鈥檚 first No Frills store is operated by franchisee Terry Maguire at 15355 Fraser Hwy. Another is due open later this year at 12852 96th Ave.
鈥楽ALAAM SWIPE鈥� APP LAUNCHED
A Surrey-based entrepreneur has come up with an app to allow Muslims to date, get to know one another and perhaps find love and marriage.
The Tinder-style app is called , created by Khalil Jessa and launched last Wednesday (Aug. 19) for use on iPhones.
Users are able to filter potential matches by denomination, religiosity and outlook, and an incognito mode filters out online friends and family.
鈥淪alaam Swipe is the most advanced Muslim matching application,鈥� says a post on the app鈥檚 website. 鈥淚t鈥檚 time to change the way we meet one another.鈥�
Jessa, 26, after realizing how difficult it was to meet other young, eligible Muslims, began working on the app about a year ago.
鈥淭hese types of swiping apps have become normalized in society, and being a young Muslim, if you want to look for someone in my community, it鈥檚 really difficult,鈥� Jessa told the Province newspaper.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 promote ourselves as a dating app, we鈥檙e a matching app.鈥�
