“I know that all restaurants have been reaching out to as many local producers as possible.
Torrential rain on Sunday and Monday caused significant flooding that wiped out sections of important highways and rail lines, blocking ground access to Canada’s largest port in Vancouver and triggering landslides that killed at least one and trapped hundreds.
Yousef Traya, owner of Bridgeland Market, is in contact with his suppliers, based in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, on a near hourly basis.
So what are we going to get local? Our mangoes don’t come local; our pineapples and mandarin oranges don’t come local,” he said.
With that route unavailable, he’s air freighting the shipment, which he says will nearly double the price to $80 per box.
“These costs have already been going up as everybody has seen in grocery stores.
We will continue to review the situation and adjust as needed, but at this time our stores are well equipped to meet the needs of our members,” said Pullen McIntosh.
Canadian Pacific Rail expects to have service between Kamloops and Vancouver restored by the middle of next week.
issued two new orders under its state of emergency, one limiting the amount of gas available to the public in southwest B.C.
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