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In 1976, Dominion Stores announced a joint venture with Newfoundland conglomerate Baine, Johnston & Co., to operate the latter's wholesale division, which was renamed Donovans Wholesale Ltd. [2] Eight years later, in 1984, the companies agreed to combine their retail and wholesale food operations under local management, adding the 13 Dominion ...
The Newfoundland locations are the only ones to continue under the Dominion banner; see Dominion Stores. New Brunswick : Shortly after the A&P acquisition, these stores were sold to Food Group Inc., which operated them under the Village banner until Food Group was sold to Loblaw and merged into its Atlantic Superstore unit in 1995.
49th Parallel Grocery; A&P; Best for Less; The Barn Fruit Markets; Canadian Tire (short-lived rollout) Commisso's Food Markets; Cooper's Foods; Darrigo's; DiPietro's; Dominion Stores; Dutch Boy; Eatons Supermarket (Winnipeg) Econo-Mart; Food Barn (Manitoba) Food City; Food for Less (Calgary) Galati Brothers; Garden Market IGA; Gordons; Hudson's ...
Torbay Road Mall - Ayre's Supermarket - became a Dominion store until 1993, at which point it moved to a then-larger store on Newfoundland Drive (closed in 2007) - was IGA from 1996 to 1999 - now Shoppers Drug Mart; Mount Pearl - Centennial Square (Commonwealth Avenue) - Ayre's Supermarket. The store later became a Dominion store until 1993.
A similar rebrand occurred simultaneously with Dominion stores in Newfoundland and Labrador, with the logo and branding updated, though keeping the Dominion name. The stated goal of the rebrand is to help customers make value choices, as well as reduce operating costs by aligning with a national chain.
By October 1929, Loblaw Groceterias' rapid expansion had attracted the attention of competitor Dominion Stores Limited, another Toronto-based food store chain. In a letter to its shareholders, Dominion management put forward a plan to purchase a controlling interest in Loblaw, funded by a preferred share offering. [19]
Dempsey Store — home improvement stores; 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)
A&P Canada left the Quebec market in 1984, and in 1985 acquired Dominion Stores in Ontario. It acquired Steinberg's Ontario grocery store chains Miracle Food Mart and Ultra Food&Drug in 1990 when the company divested them under new management (Miracle Mart rebranded by 1994 and Ultra by 2008). [1]