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IGA, Inc. is an international chain of grocery stores. Unlike chain stores IGA franchises are independently owned and operated. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. IGA was founded in the United States as the Independent Grocers Alliance in 1926.
The IGA operations in Atlantic Canada were sold to Loblaw Companies Limited (except for Edmundston, Shediac and Dieppe which runs as IGA-Co-op, previously acquired by Sobeys New Brunswick) and were restructured under its existing brands. The company-owned stores west of Quebec now mainly operate under the Sobeys banner.
The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. [3] Its main competitors are Aldi, Coles and Woolworths. IGA is the fourth largest supermarket chain in Australia, following Aldi overtaking Metcash in supermarket revenue.
Maxi is a discount grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada.Founded in 1984 by Provigo, it is a division of Loblaw Companies [1] and the largest of Loblaws' Quebec supermarket chains.
IGA Stadium (French: Stade IGA), originally called Du Maurier Stadium and formerly Uniprix Stadium, is the main tennis court at the Canadian Open tournament in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1996 and completed the following year, the centre court stadium currently holds 11,815 spectators. [ 1 ]
The Super C (Hull location) in Gatineau, QC. Super C is a discount supermarket chain with 101 stores in Quebec.The stores average 4,103 square metres (44,164 sq ft) in size. [1]
In 1969, in response to Canadian and American competition, a consortium of four Quebec wholesalers merged their activities with the intent to save costs and establish services as a big company.
Iga Kokuchō ruins, an archaeological site; Iga Ueno Ninja Festa, annual five-week ninja-themed festival; Iga ware, style of traditional Japanese pottery from Iga area; Iga Ueno Castle, a fortification in the centre of town and site of the former headquarters of the Iga ikki; Iga-ryū (literally “the Iga School”), a school of ninjutsu in Japan