WINNIPEG For 35 years, Acryl Design in Winnipeg made custom parts and fixtures for manufacturers and stores that all changed when the pandemic hit a year ago. “We were sort of out of business, I would say, because all the industries we were supplying they just sort of shut down,” said owner John Wardrope Wardrope said a large customer canceled a major contract and he had to make a gut wrenching decision. “We shut down the system and I actually had to lay everybody off,” he said. Similar to other business owners who were blindsided by the overnight impact of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, Wardrope was forced to adapt.
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Fried Chicken Fest takes flight this Saturday with a flock of Winnipeg restaurants dishing up deep-fried goodness for the next seven days. The fourth annual food event runs Jan. 16 to 23 with more than 35 local establishments taking part amid Manitoba’s code red restrictions.
Fried Chicken Fest takes flight this Saturday with a flock of Winnipeg restaurants dishing up deep-fried goodness for the next seven days. The fourth annual food event runs Jan. 16 to 23 with more than 35 local establishments taking part amid Manitoba’s code red restrictions.