Nick Zannis is thankful his greenhouse established online sales five years ago, now that the retail world has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The doors of Golden Acre Home and Garden in Calgary are allowed to be open as an essential service in Alberta, but there are ample warnings about social distancing.
A steady stream of customers, many of them wearing face masks, walk through the store even though spring bedding plants aren’t ready and the selection of seeds and flowers is somewhat limited.
Zannis said having an online presence puts his greenhouse on less shaky ground than many others. The business has sent products to as far away as Nunavut and Nova Scotia in recent years but will be focusing primarily on the Calgary