An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted separatists and lost customers. John Ewanek says his café in Cold Lake, called Beantrees, was already struggling due to inflation. He says things got worse after he hosted multiple events earlier this year for a group collecting signatures for a petition seeking a […]
This is actually quite similar to what happened to a local Ottawa business a few years ago https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/stella-lunas-wellington-location-closes-its-doors
TL;DR they supported the trucker convoy and then people stopped going to their two locations. They also got a newly-opened business in the same building kicked out. Both times they complained about the finding out part of FAFO. Eventually they closed two locations because they couldn’t make money.
It was actually the best thing, because now the city’s best ice cream shop is in that location and has long lines every night. I just hope the convoy supporters would close their remaining location…
Haha, I didn’t know that place closed down. I went when I visited in the summer of 23. Like most things in Ottawa, it was over hyped and over priced.