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The Oakville Beaver, F riday M a y 12, 2006 - 7 New prototype Zellers re-opens tom orrow Zellers is back to `norm al' at Hopedale Mall tom orrow -- Saturday, May 12. Shoppers will no longer have to shop their way around con struction work -- but rather bask in all the new frills and am enities th a t th e now renovated and expanded store has to offer. Zellers grand re-opening at Hopedale kicks off at the start of the shopping day -- at 8 a.m. H udson's Bay Com pany's (Hbc) Zellers Inc., Canada's largest chain of m ass-m erchan dise departm ent stores, celebrates the grand opening of its new-look Oakville store at the Hopedale Plaza at 1455 Rebecca St. The n u m b er of associates working at this location will grow from 100 to 200 as a result of the renovations. "We've taken some of the m ost innovative aspects of our Zellers prototype store and brought them to th e Oakville location," said Nick Padovano, senior vice presi dent, store operations, Hbc. "The other stores we have ren ovated to include these features experience sales above the aver age Zellers store." Prototype-based store The design of the store is based on H bc's prototype, w hich includes the latest merchandise offerings and features: a N eighbourhood Market grocery section w ith cooler and freezer; m ajor hom e fashions, including household appliances and m at tresses; a diner restau ran t, including a take-out section with food such as roasted chicken, potatoes and coleslaw; expanded cosmetics and jewellery sections; and a new pharmacy section. "O ur new ly-renovated store now provides m ore products and services, w hich m eans Oakville shoppers will have a greater selec tion," said Diana'Marrocco, store manager. "This weekend's grand opening celebrations are our way to welcome shoppers into the new location." Kids will get the chance to m eet Dora the Explorer between 11 a.m. -2 p.m. There are free giveaways, health and beauty dem onstrations and free coffee and cake. In honour of the grand re opening, the Hbc Foundation will donate $5,000 to the Oakville Hospital Foundation and $5,000 to th e Oakville P arent Child Centre. The Hbc Foundation invests m ore than $10 million annually in com m unities across the nation to improve the lives of Canadians. ANCASTER M e a d o w la n d s Plaza (9 0 5 ) 304-66 11 BURLINGTON 1 1 0 0 W alker's Line (9 0 5 ) 3 3 3 -4 1 8 3 B u rlin g to n M a ll (9 0 5 ) 6 8 1 -6 5 2 5 M a p le v ie w C e n tre (9 0 5 ) 6 8 1 -0 8 3 3 HAMILTON 1 2 8 9 U p p e r jam es St. (9 0 5 ) 5 7 3 -9 0 0 0 C e n tre M a ll (kiosk) (9 0 5 ) 5 4 5 -4 4 8 4 Eastgate Square (9 0 5 ) 578-22 71 Lim e R idge M a ll (9 0 5 ) 5 7 5 -9 9 0 0 Lloyd D. Jackson Square (9 0 5 ) 5 2 3 -7 6 1 0 MILTON 3 7 7 M a in St. East (9 0 5 )8 7 8 -1 1 1 3 OAKVILLE O a k v ille Place (9 0 5 ) 8 4 5 -3 0 8 0 W in s to n P o w er C e n tre (9 0 5 ) 8 29-90 01 Pricing/offer(s) in e ffect until M a y 18, 2 0 0 6 unless; subject to change w ith o u t notice and canno t be com bined w ith any oth e r offer. Taxes extra. W hile supplies last. Products m ay n o t be as show n. O th e r conditions apply. 1 U p to 10x faster than before w ith Bell. 1xEV-DO data n e tw o rk is available w ith c om patib le devices in select m ajor Canadian cities, w h e re technology perm its; see Bell M ob ility 's coverage m aps. B andw idth m ay vary d u e to a variety o f factors, including: user location, ne tw ork c onfiguration, e nvironm ental factors, and e nd-user device ty p e /c o n fig u ra tio n . 2 N e w activations only on a 3-yr term agree m en t. 3 Available on n e w activations. A fter one m o n th p rom otional period . Bundle is billable and w ill rem ain on custom er's account. 4 PC d o w n lo a d expires w ith in 9 0 days o f purchase. 5 U nlim ited in 1X coverage areas. 1 0 0 m in. in o th e r digital coverage areas; $ 0 .2 5 p e r additional m in u te . 6 Sim ultaneous use o f airtim e for all calls. 7 Excludes te x t alerts, d ial-up m essage and p re m iu m te x t m essages. M o b ile Browser and Fuel M e are trade-m arks o f Bell C anada. M S N is a registered tra dem a rk o f M icrosoft C orporation.