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Holt Renfrew Ogilvy, formerly and still colloquially Ogilvy (French: La Maison Ogilvy), is a Canadian department store founded in 1866 by James Angus Ogilvy. It is located in the downtown neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, and as the only one of four major west-end stores in the city that has retained its original name, has been nicknamed the "grande dame of Saint Catherine Street". [1]
The first T&T Supermarket in Saint-Laurent/Sainte Croix, Montreal, Quebec which is also the largest outlet in Canada. In 2022, an even larger store was opened in Saint-Laurent/Sainte Croix, Montreal, Quebec. [19] It was the first T&T store to open in Quebec and is currently the largest store in the supermarket chain. [20]
Ogilvie was born at the family farmhouse at Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada (now Quebec) on January 8, 1833, the second son of Alexander Ogilvie and Helen Watson. He received his early education from Mr. Gibson, a Scotsman employed by the English speaking residents of the district to teach their children. He attended high school in Montreal.
Loblaw Groceterias Limited, store No. 1, 2923 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario, postcard, c. 1919. In 1919, Toronto grocers Theodore Pringle Loblaw and J. Milton Cork opened the first Loblaw Groceterias store modelled on a new and radically different retail concept, namely "self serve". [8]
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 ...
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. Maxi is the Quebec equivalent of No Frills , a chain of franchised discount grocery stores outside Quebec, except that Maxi stores are owned by the company.
IGA / IGA Extra in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, some parts of Atlantic Canada formerly CO-OP Atlantic and Saskatchewan only; Marché Bonichoix; Marché Tradition; Rachelle-Béry; Safeway; Sobeys; Thrifty Foods; Pete's Frootique; Longo's (Sobeys has purchased 51% of Longo's, with an option to buy the remaining shares within the next 10 years ...
A Loblaws supermarket in Toronto in 1919. Loblaw Groceterias was founded by Theodore Loblaw and John Milton Cork in 1919. [2] Loblaw opened the first Canadian self-service supermarket in Toronto in June 1919. During the 1920s the company grew throughout Ontario. [3] By the 1930s it had 107 stores in Ontario and 50 in the state of New York. [3]