The situation facing small business owners has led some customers to seek out local shops to help support them during an uncertain time.

Filistix, a Filipino food stall, was slated to move out of the Central Academic Building by Aug. 17 after Aramark told the owners they wanted to move in a different direction.

One of the few local food vendors on the University of Alberta campus is “shocked” and “surprised” after the business’s contract was unexpectedly terminated, leaving many staff and students on campus outraged and petitioning to save it.