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FreshCo Ltd. is a Canadian chain of discount supermarkets owned by Sobeys. [2] It was launched in March 2010. [3] As of September 2024, there were over 125 FreshCo stores. In December 2017, Sobeys Inc. announced plans to re-brand up to 64 stores in western Canada currently under the Safeway and Sobeys names into the FreshCo banner.
The introduction of the premium line also coincided with the advent of an advertising flyer entitled "Dave Nichol’s Insider’s Report." 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 ...
Fortinos became a part of Loblaw Companies Limited in 1988, but still without the No Name Brand (yellow packages) products. During the 1990s, Fortinos focused on the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, opening stores in Toronto, North York, Etobicoke, Rexdale, Woodbridge, and Markham. John Fortino died of cancer on May 18, 2011 at the age of 76. [4]
Described by Nichol as a cross between Mad and Consumer Reports that combined "zaniness and food tips in a comic book format", [5] [6] the newspaper supplement was a quirky, tongue-in-cheek product review modeled after flyers from California supermarket chain Trader Joe's.
Loblaw is centralizing its head office operations, which includes the relocation of the General Merchandise personnel from Calgary, Alberta, to Brampton, Ontario, to consolidate operations. In Alberta , where private liquor retailing is permitted , a chain of Real Canadian Liquorstores operate, mostly in proximity to Real Canadian Superstore ...
George's Independent City Market in 3080 Yonge Street, Toronto. Your Independent Grocer (YIG), known colloquially as "Independent" or "Yours" is a supermarket chain in Canada with more than 100 locations.
Maxi used to have stores in Ontario beginning in 1997, [11] but they were eventually closed or converted to other Loblaws banners (such as Fortinos) in 1999. [ 12 ] As of 2024, there are 153 Maxi locations in Quebec.
Nations Fresh Foods is an independently owned, multi-cultural grocery store chain in Ontario, Canada, founded on August 28, 2012, in Woodbridge, Ontario.The chain has 4 stores; the first store was opened in Woodbridge, Ontario on August 28, 2012, the second store opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in Lloyd D. Jackson Square on July 13, 2013, the third store opened in Mississauga, Ontario on February ...