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On August 7, 2008, Metro announced it would invest $200 million consolidating the company's conventional food stores under the Metro banner. Over a period of 15 months, all Loeb stores were converted to the Metro name. The rebranding also saw the Irresistibles and Selection brands return to the stores, replacing those inherited from A&P. [2]
Empire operates . Lawtons; Needs Convenience; Farm Boy; Foodland some CO-OP stores in Atlantic Canada; FreshCo; IGA / IGA Extra in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, some parts of Atlantic Canada formerly CO-OP Atlantic and Saskatchewan only
A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993 A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond , BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg , Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent ...
Mr. Grocer (Ontario) – rebranded Dominion stores and sold by A&P Canada to National Grocers; name later phased out; Power (Ontario) – began as one store in Toronto in 1904 by Samuel and Sarah Weinstein and sold to Loblaws in 1953 and re-branded in 1972; [36] SaveEasy (Atlantic Canada) - rebranded as Your Independent Grocer
La Maisonnée, a chain of conveniences stores in Quebec sold in 1988 to the Toronto-based Silcorp Ltd. [5] In addition, Steinbergs had partial ownership of: Price Club, a popular American wholesale club store. Steinberg was the exclusive operator in Canada of the chain starting in 1985, and also owned a 50% stake in the company.
He in turn sold Dominion Stores to Argus Corporation. Smaller stores were consolidated from 574 to 195 by 1954. [2] In the 1950s, Dominion began to build large stores with airy ceilings and large glass fronts. [4] The chain also expanded beyond Toronto to other parts of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, [5] Saskatchewan and Atlantic Canada.
A No Frills store in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto No Frills interior. The first No Frills store was a converted Loblaws outlet slated for closure. The store opened on July 5, 1978, in East York, Toronto. While it offered a very limited range of goods and basic customer service, the store promoted discount prices.
Multinational banking, financial services and insurance carrier in Toronto. Manulife is the largest insurance concern in Canada. 307 Royal Bank of Canada: $45,981 85,301 Multinational financial services firm based in Toronto [9] and the largest bank in Canada. Subsidiaries include City National Bank and RBC Bank: 308