TERRACE STANDARD Business REVIEW SHOPPERS DRUG MART manager Barb McLean and pharmacist Hanford Cheung are.eagerly anticipating the - opening of the new drug store Oct. 6. They're “shown here by a new line of cosmetics. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO» Second Canada Post outlet to open in new Shoppers | By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN WHEN the new large format Shoppers Drug Mart opens here Oct..6 people in . Terrace. will once again have another Canada Post outlet besides the main . outlet downtown. Terrace has been without a satel- lite postal outlet since November of last year after the Bargain Shop closed down. For many customers the loss of that outlet; also a parcel pick up location, was inconvenient because it had tradi- tionally been open longer hours than the main office. The soon-to-be-opened postal outlet corner of the new Shoppers Drug Mart and will be open seven days a week, Says store manager Barb McLean. And while the exact hours of opera- . tion have yet to be firmed up, the postal — outlet will remain open after the dinner “hour, % The drug store is creeping closer to being ready for its upcoming open- ing date, says pharmacist Hanford Cheung. In addition to the postal outlet new features for the store include a frozen foods department, a dairy section, groceries, a digital imaging centre, a conference room where patients can will be located at the:back right:hand-~--discuss-health “issues: “and-medications Restaurant serves up Mexican treats “WHEN Ulyses Venaegas opened his new restaurant, Gordo’s Cafe, he had no idéa so many people would turn up for lunch that first weekend three weeks ago. It was so busy in the Mexican restaurant Venaegas had to send out workers to buy ‘more supplies and he had a tough time get- ting the food out quick enough. It’s all part of working out the kinks of running a brand new restautrant, but Venae- gos says he felt badly those waiting didn’t get the kind of service he hopes to offer at Terrace’s newest eatery. canized wraps. and beans are made from scratch. Located in the former Cheers restaraunt . in the Skeena Hotel, Gordo’s Cafe — which translates roughly to “Fatty’s Cafe” because the portions are large — features Western food along with authentic Mexican fare. Venaegas, a Mexican native, says the ta- cos on his menu are not your typical Ameri- “It is not Gringo food,” he says. Rather, corn tortillas are made in house with pharmacists, an expanded cosmet- ics centre and 122 feet of baby prod- ucts. Cheung says the store will employ in the range of 45 to 50 people, about. seven of whom are coming.from the | Skeena Mall Shoppers location, which ‘is set to shut down once the new store | opens. Cheung says: the majority of those who becamé. 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