Local Business

Whole Foods Market has a new owner – Amazon. The online shopping giant announced last week it planned to buy Whole Foods Market Inc. for an estimated $13.7 billion.

Discarded bottles are a typical find during any shoreline cleanup, but a full case of beer? That’s what the crew at ABC Recycling found during a Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup event earlier this month.

Raise money for local non-profits by becoming a member of the Burnaby Board of Trade. For the month of June, the board of trade is holding a membership competition to help grow its network of businesses in the community.

Burnaby’s own ABC Recycling recently wrapped up its month-long campaign in support of B.C. Women’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) – adding an additional $6,000 to the $435,000 it has already raised for the unit.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 18th annual Burnaby Business Excellence Awards. Every year, the Burnaby Board of Trade organizes one evening to celebrate Burnaby’s outstanding and deserving businesses and organizations.

A popular Japanese retailer known for its simple but functional goods is coming to Burnaby this summer. MUJI recently announced plans to open its first Western Canadian store and has chosen Metropolis at Metrotown.

Dageraad Brewing’s much anticipated new tasting room is finally open. The new lounge, located next door to its current location at 114-3191 Thunderbird Cres.

What’s happening? Burnaby fashion designer Yifat Jovani is hosting a studio shopping night Friday, May 19, to show off her new studio space on Hastings Street.

Congratulations are in order for three Burnaby restaurants following last month’s 2017 Vancouver Magazine restaurant awards. Hanwoori, located at 5740 Imperial St.