On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., the convenience store/Esso gas bar at 1588 – 20th Ave., will close permanently.
On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., the convenience store and Esso gas bar at 1588 – 20th Ave. will close permanently.
A 7-11 employee confirmed the store will be closing Wednesday but directed the Citizen to the corporate office in Surrey for further comment. The story will be updated if the company responds to an interview request. Two 7-11 customers the Citizen spoke to Tuesday said they will miss having their neighbourhood convenience store.
Mamadou Tounkara lives close by and asked why 7-11 is pulling the plug from its last remaining downtown Prince George location. He’s seen people hanging around the store openly using drugs and he’s had a few unpleasant confrontations with some of the people who frequent the store. Chris Vigil, a former 7-Eleven district manager no longer with the company, told the Citizen in June the shoplifting problem had gotten so bad at the Queensway store that culprits would get caught in the act by staff, then return to the store and try to steal again a half-hour later. The company hired a private security firm but the problems continued.
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