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Food Basics was created by A&P Canada to compete with the successful No Frills warehouse-style supermarket operated by Loblaw Companies.It became part of the Metro group [2] when A&P Canada was sold to Metro for $1.7 billion in 2005.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Canadian discount supermarket chain; a subsidiary of the Loblaw Companies For the eastern Nebraska and western Iowa "No Frills" chain, see No Frills Supermarkets. No Frills The banner's current logo A No Frills location in Markham, Ontario Company type Subsidiary Industry Retail ...
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Food Basics was a no-frills discount supermarket chain owned and operated by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in the northeastern United States.. Food Basics carried major national brands, as well as A&P's portfolio of private labels, [1] including America's Choice, A&P's flagship private label, Food Basics and Home Basics, Live Better, and Green Way.
Metro is the third-largest grocer in Canada, after Loblaw Companies Limited and Sobeys. Super C is the discount supermarket division operated in Quebec with 106 stores, [3] averaging 4,000 m 2 (43,056 sq ft). In Ontario, Metro has 144 discount [4] supermarkets under the Food Basics banner, which are very
A & P supermarket, Snowdon, Montreal, Quebec, 1941 View of a typical A&P store prior to Metro conversion, Belleville, Ontario, July 2007. In 1927, A&P opened its first stores in Canada. By 1929, A&P was present in 200 communities in Ontario and Quebec. [1] A&P Canada left the Quebec market in 1984, and in 1985 acquired Dominion Stores in
In 1961, Giovanni (John) Fortino, a steelworker and immigrant from Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, [2] opened his first Fortinos store in lower Hamilton, Ontario, at King St. E. and Glendale Ave. [3] In 1972, John took on seven partners and opened a second store on Hamilton Mountain.
As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name.