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The chain operates by pushing higher volumes on a limited selection of products than Metro stores, allowing it to compete price-wise with other grocery stores. 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 ...
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
Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix; SuperValu; T & T Supermarket; Valu-mart; Wholesale Club / Club Entrepôt; Your Independent Grocer / Independent CityMarket; Zehrs Markets; Metro Inc. operates Les 5 Saisons; Food Basics; Marché Adonis; Marché AMI; Marché Extra; Marché Richelieu; Metro / Metro Plus; Super C; Pattison Food Group operates AG ...
Metro now holds the second largest market share in the food distribution and retailing business in Quebec and Ontario with nearly $11 billion in sales and more than 65,000 employees. Its stores operate under the banners Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, Marché Ami, Les 5 Saisons and Marché Adonis. [14] Its pharmacies operate under the ...
Dominion — grocery store chain, except Newfoundland; Eagle Hardware & Garden — hardware store; Eaton's — department store chain; Food City — grocery store; Future Shop — electronics retailer; Highway Book Shop — near Cobalt, Ontario; Horizon — department stores (possibly owned by Easton)
Food Basics was a no-frills discount supermarket chain owned and operated by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in the northeastern United States.. Food Basics carried major national brands, as well as A&P's portfolio of private labels, [1] including America's Choice, A&P's flagship private label, Food Basics and Home Basics, Live Better, and Green Way.
Based on a California supermarket flyer called "Trader Joe’s Insider’s Report," [52] and referred to as "a mix of Mad magazine and Consumer Reports, zaniness and food tips, wrapped up in a comic book format," [53] the insert proved popular with Ontario households. The flyer also became an important advertising vehicle for President’s ...
Miracle Food Mart was a supermarket chain in Ontario, Canada, owned by Steinberg's, a Quebec-based retailer in the 1970s and 1980s.. Steinberg purchased the Canadian division of Grand Union, with 38 stores, in June 1959 to make its entrance into Ontario.