[crazygringo]

Ha. That makes sense, I wonder why or how that became a thing?

It's the same case in the US -- you see it most in locally owned mom-and-pop style stores, especially ones that have been around for a while.

It genuinely makes me wonder if it's out of ignorance, or if it's intentionally keeping a kind of old-school charm. "If apostrophes were good enough for my grandfather, they're good enough for me!"

Of course, there's also a store local to me that has "&" on its big sign instead of "&", so I don't want to read in too much intention. (And you can tell it's not the kind of business that can afford to have a replacement sign made.)