By Andrew Macdonald An old-fashioned grocery war is developing in Downtown Halifax where Newfoundland millennial entrepreneur Aidan Coleman has opened an upscale grocery store on Hollis Street and is providing the first real competition Pete’s has seen in its 30-year...
Halifax Downtown Grocer Wars: Arthur’s Takes On Pete’s

HFX Grocer Wars: Aidan Coleman Sparks Food War With Pete’s, But Even He Faces Competition From More Future Grocers, Says Louis Reznick

Downtown Halifax’s Biggest Champion, Paul MacKinnon, On The Meaning Of Arthur’s Urban Market, A New Grocer In Heart Of City
By Andrew Macdonald Back in September, The Notebook reported an interesting development on the grocery store scene in Downtown Halifax. In two stories, I reported that a Newfoundland independent grocer chain, operated by the fourth-generation Coleman family, had...

Downtown HFX Food Wars: Millennial Operator Aidan Coleman Behind Old-Fashioned Food Fight
By Andrew Macdonald Downtown HFX Food Wars: Millennial Operator Aidan Coleman Behind Old-Fashioned Food Fight My readers know I like to write about the enthusiasm and energy of millennial entrepreneurs - those twenty to thirty-somethings even give me ideas to march...

There’s A New ‘Pete Luckett’ In Town: Arthur’s Urban Food Market Signs Lease With Jim Spatz In Downtown Halifax
By Andrew Macdonald The sign has gone up for an exciting new grocery store to open in October as a new upstart Halifax food market, in the largest density population now living on the Halifax Peninsula. In the last three years, 2,000 new residents have moved into...