Cleaning out the cupboards: Liquidation sale at Real Food Connections

Real Food Connections will holda cash-only liquidation sale of its food and inventorySaturdayat its location on Hanwell Road in Fredericton.

The company posted about the sale on its Facebook page.

"We thank you all for your support over the last six and a half yearsand hope to see many of your kind facesthis Saturdaywhen we liquidate our remaining inventory. This will be the last chance to buy Real Food products for gift or grocery.

"Prices will be reduced to clear."

The companyis giving its vendors and suppliers a chance to collect their products before the sale.

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"They contacted all of their producers and gave them the opportunity to actually reclaim any unsold products," said Adam Clawson, owner of Red Rover Cider.

"As at least a small way of getting back some of the amount owed from the company."

Clawson said Red Rover is owed a large amount of money.

"There is a slight frustration with that aspect and getting back a small amount of your product is a certain amount of comfort, but it really is just the overall shock of not realizing this was going to happen that's really affected most of the producers," he said.

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Tim Livingstone of Strawberry Hill Farm said he's already collected about 90 kilogramsof his meat and produce.

"It makes almost negligible difference," he said.

"It may help us recoup a couple hundred dollars of unpaid bills but that's a tiny fraction of the thousands that we're owed."

At the end of the dayWednesday, the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada said neither Real Food Connections nor owner Levi Lawrence had filed for bankruptcy.

Lawrence did not respond to CBC requests for comment.

The sale begins at10 a.m. on Saturday.