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Stack 'emhigh: Hy Himmel, left, and Sel Goldstein stand in their first supermarket drug store, opened seven years ago in Mississauga
Stack 'emhigh: Hy Himmel, left, and Sel Goldstein stand in their first supermarket drug store, opened seven years ago in Mississauga

Stack 'emhigh: Hy Himmel, left, and Sel Goldstein stand in their first supermarket drug store, opened seven years ago in Mississauga

Date4/23/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127792F
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Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
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