St.Vital MarketIn 1984, Fredette's Family Fare, a 10,000 square foot grocery store, opened in a rapidly-developing area of South Winnipeg.Twenty-five years and several store names later, Store Manager Bruce Lemieux, along with partner Terry Forbes of Saskatoon, Assistant Store Manager Ryan Leiter, Meat Manager Bob Holm, Produce Manager Javan Neves, Bakery Manager Mark Kondrat and Deli Manager Matt Becker decided their community needed something different than what was being offered by the conventional grocery stores.What St. Vital needed was a market that would provide its customers with the best fresh food Manitoba has to offer: locally-grown fruits and vegetables, fresh baked bread and sweet goods, superior quality fresh beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish and lunch meat, a complete selection of locally-produced cheese, eggs and other dairy, and a wide assortment of conventional and specialty grocery items. With that concept in mind, the store was reborn as St. Vital Market - a store that proudly serves the community of South St. more... See more text