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Steinberg was the exclusive operator in Canada of the chain starting in 1985, and also owned a 50% stake in the company. Lantic Sugar , owned a 50% stake via sale of Cartier Sugar in 1981. Phoenix Mills Inc, a large flour mill, Steinberg's acquired 30% ownership in the late 1960s.
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. It has stores in every province and territory except Manitoba, Nunavut, and Quebec.
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 ...
Much of the remainder of the chain in eastern and central Canada was ultimately acquired by Loblaw Companies, through several unrelated transactions: Ontario: The Mr. Grocer franchise banner of 58 stores, consisting mostly of former Dominion stores converted prior to the breakup in an attempt to change them to non-union operation, [ 10 ] were ...
Tops Friendly Markets was co-founded by Armand Castellani, who was born in 1917 in a village outside of Rome, Italy, and Thomas Buscaglia.Castellani's family came to the United States in 1920, and eventually settled in Niagara Falls, where his father, Ferrante, opened a small neighborhood grocery store.
At the time, LWG was one of Canada's largest, most successful independent wholesale grocers, at distribution rates of nearly 10,000 products to 7,000 retailers a week. The purchase of LWG brought Commisso's several key advantages including additional purchasing power, stronger merchandising performance, greater warehouse capacity and management ...
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.
Superstore marks the return of Loblaw's superstore format in the Greater Toronto Area after the unsuccessful launch of the SuperCentre format in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 21st century, Loblaw brought the Superstore banner to Ontario as a response to the introduction of large grocery sections in most Canadian Wal-Mart stores and other ...