Thousands of kilograms of fresh, frozen and packaged perishable grocery items – including deli products and fruit and veggies – had to be disposed of after an equipment failure at the local Co-op grocery store.

Sometime after 7 p.m. Monday (Nov. 27) after the store shut down for the evening, the store’s main compressor providing cooling for freezers and display cabinets went down.

Find out more in this week’s issue.