A Montreal Provigo announced "clean up on aisle one" and emerged months later with a boutique makeover and state-of-the-art food counters. The grocery store on Nun's Island unveiled its new look on December 8, replete with a soup and sandwich station, a dining area, a 'raclette wall', tons of ready-to-eat meals and an expanded bakery serving fresh cannolis. The real pizza-de-resistance, however, is a bar with nearly a dozen kinds of oven-fresh pie.
The saying, "Don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry," may not ring true for customers of the revamped Provigo that opened its doors in Montreal at the start of June. The Kirkland store is part of a $5.6M pilot project introducing gourmet food stations, including a pizza and poutine bar, among other options.