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A & P supermarket, Snowdon, Montreal, Quebec, 1941 View of a typical A&P store prior to Metro conversion, Belleville, Ontario, July 2007. In 1927, A&P opened its first stores in Canada. By 1929, A&P was present in 200 communities in Ontario and Quebec. [1] A&P Canada left the Quebec market in 1984, and in 1985 acquired Dominion Stores in
The acquisition of A&P Canada was completed on August 15, 2005, with Metro having a network in Quebec and Ontario of 573 full-service and discount food supermarkets, and 256 pharmacies. [ 12 ] On August 7, 2008, Metro announced that it would invest $200 million consolidating the company's conventional food stores under the Metro banner. [ 13 ]
Stores elsewhere in Ontario were converted to the A&P banner, and others were sold to third parties. A&P's Canadian division was later acquired by Metro Inc., which rebranded the remaining Dominion stores to its namesake banner in 2008. [1]
Kmart Canada; Knechtel Foods; Knob Hill Farms; Lady York; Loeb; Lofood; Marché Frais; Miracle Food Mart; Montemurro (North-Western Quebec and North-Eastern Ontario) Mr. Grocer; N&D SuperMarkets (Windsor, had S&H Green Stamps) OK Economy; Overwaitea Foods; Penner Foods (Manitoba) Piggly Wiggly; Price Chopper; Red & White; Red Rooster; Sav-A ...
There were 117 locations in Ontario. 36 were franchise stores until Metro Inc. purchased all stores back by the end of 2008. Some Food Basics feature a pharmacy known as Food Basics Pharmacy. Some locations are former Super Fresh or A&P supermarkets, dating from when both chains were operated by A&P, [4] or other former banners such as A&P ...
Following the purchase, Metro began putting products from its own house brands, Merit/Selection and Irresistibles, on the shelves of Loeb stores. In 2006, following Metro's acquisition of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada, Loeb became a subsidiary of A&P Canada. New products and services were introduced to Loeb stores, and the ...
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Payless ShoeSource Canada — Shoe store; Kmart Canada — Canadian division of US-based parent; Canadian stores sold to Zellers; Knob Hill Farms — grocery store chain in Southern Ontario; Krazy Krazy; Les Ailes de la Mode — department store; Lowe's Canada — Hardware store, now RONA+; Lastman's Bad Boy — Furniture Store