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On August 7, 2008, Metro announced it would invest $200 million consolidating the company's conventional food stores under the Metro banner. Over a period of 15 months, all Loeb stores were converted to the Metro name. The rebranding also saw the Irresistibles and Selection brands return to the stores, replacing those inherited from A&P. [2]
Baker section of a Metro store in Brampton. Metro now holds the second largest market share in the food distribution and retailing business in Quebec and Ontario with nearly $11 billion in sales and more than 65,000 employees. Its stores operate under the banners Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, Marché Ami, Les 5 Saisons and Marché ...
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 ...
Its headquarters are in Mississauga, Ontario. [59] Its stores sell hot and cold beverages, pastries, snacks, pre-packaged food items, hot and cold sandwiches, and drinkware, including mugs and tumblers. Second Cup sales continue to compete with Starbucks, Tim Hortons and McDonald's, which also feature espresso-based specialty drinks.
There were 117 locations in Ontario. 36 were franchise stores until Metro Inc. purchased all stores back by the end of 2008. Some Food Basics feature a pharmacy known as Food Basics Pharmacy. Some locations are former Super Fresh or A&P supermarkets, dating from when both chains were operated by A&P, [4] or other former banners such as A&P ...
Gordon's (Ontario) Louis Stores (Oakland, California) OK Economy (Western Canada, Ontario) Mr. Grocer (Ontario) – rebranded Dominion stores and sold by A&P Canada to National Grocers; name later phased out; Power (Ontario) – began as one store in Toronto in 1904 by Samuel and Sarah Weinstein and sold to Loblaws in 1953 and re-branded in ...
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)
Exterior of a typical Dominion store (at Don Mills Centre in Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario), prior to re-branding as Metro in late 2008. Metro, which had operated solely in Quebec and the Ottawa area, acquired A&P Canada from the U.S.-based parent company effective August 15, 2005. A&P retained a minority ownership share of the combined company ...