Loblaw Companies
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Loblaw Companies Limited (LCL) is the largest food retailer in Canada
, with over 1,400 supermarket
s operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws
. LCL is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario
. Loblaw encompasses 1,036 corporate and franchised stores, 376 associate stores and 4,692 independent stores.
It is Canada's largest retailer with sales of more than C$
30 billion in 2008. The company is also one of the largest employers in Canada with more than 139,000 full-time and part-time employees. Employees at Loblaw, with the exception of management, some non-unionized departments and employees at The Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Alberta (who are members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada
), are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers labour union.
Loblaw's regional divisions include Westfair Foods Ltd. (western Canada and northern Ontario), National Grocers (southern Ontario), Provigo Inc. (Quebec) and Atlantic Wholesalers Ltd. (Atlantic Canada).
and Justin Cork at the beginning of the "supermarket" revolution. During the 1930s, it grew to become a chain of more than 80 stores.
In 1947, George Weston Limited
acquired a controlling interest in the company, which became Canada's largest grocery retailer and the third largest in North America
. In 1955, the company entered the United States with its purchase of the National Tea Company
, the largest grocery chain in the Mississippi Valley. Eventually, National, renamed National Supermarkets
, was pared down to operations in Missouri
, Illinois
and Louisiana
. It was a major chain in the St. Louis and New Orleans areas until Loblaw sold it off in 1995.
Loblaw Companies Limited was incorporated in 1956. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, it introduced its private label brands: “no name
” for generic products, “President's Choice
” for superior quality products, “Too Good to be True” (now "Blue Menu") for nutritious healthy products, and “Green” for environmentally friendly products. Dave Nichol
, Loblaw's president at the time, was the company's spokesperson
.
From 1961 to 1971, it operated a discount department store
, Sayvette
.
Loblaw has started to bring its Real Canadian Superstore banner to Ontario
. The 13,000 m² (140,000 ft²) stores, which currently includes a chain of private liquor stores operating in Alberta, are well known in Western Canada for their food and general merchandise offerings. Many of these new stores were originally going to be large Loblaws Market or Zehrs Market stores but now will instead be branded as Superstores. Analysts say that Loblaw made this decision in reaction to Wal-Mart
's announcement to open three Supercentres in Canada by the end of 2006.
Several of Loblaws Superstore locations are now open, the most high-profile location is in Maple Leaf Gardens
in Toronto.
The first Valu-mart
was established in Clinton, Ontario
and still exists today.
Loblaws' home brand, President's Choice was launched in 1984. The most successful PC product to date is President's Choice The Decadent chocolate-chip cookies.
retail president Mark Foote. Galen Weston
, the majority owner of Loblaws' parent company, resigned as chairman and was succeeded by his son Galen Jr
. Allan Leighton
, a longtime advisor to the senior Weston, was brought in as Deputy Chairman, and Dalton Philips
as COO. Lederer's predecessor Richard Currie criticized the move as unnecessary, while Dave Nichol
said that management shakeup was overdue.
Much of the results were blamed on Lederer's plan to combat the threat of Wal-Mart
Supercentre grocery stores. Consolidating its distribution centres, which supposedly made the supply chain more efficient, resulted in the departure of many of the chain's general merchandise buyers who were unwilling to move. There were numerous delays and coordination problems as suppliers had trouble shipping their goods to stores on time, and Loblaws was forced to mark it down in order to liquidate excess inventory. Expanding its inventory to general merchandise, supposedly to make a one-stop location like Wal-Mart Supercentres, was considered by many customers to be below the standards of Loblaws. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070125.rmloblaw0125/BNStory/specialROBmagazine/?pageRequested=all http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2006/09/20/loblaw.html
alleged that Loblaw was selling 14 out of 15 of the fish species on that organization's "redlist" of species considered to be the most destructively farmed, and staged protests at some Toronto-area locations. The company denied the allegations, while the accuracy of the redlist itself has been challenged by U.S. government regulators and by the fish industry. Loblaw has since committed to sourcing all of its seafood from sustainable sources by 2013, and now features several Marine Stewardship Council
-certified products under its President's Choice product line. Greenpeace's ratings of Loblaw's seafood initiatives have improved over the years and are now above all other national retailers (and second-highest of all retailers ranked), but were still classified as a failing grade in its 2010 report, based on an absence of labelling indicating where or how seafood is fished or farmed, and continued sale of some redlist species.
On July 24, 2009, Loblaw announced its purchase of T & T Supermarket
Inc., Canada's largest Asian food retailer, for about $225 million: $191 million in cash, and the rest in preferred shares issued by T&T. The value of the preferred shares will be tied to the future performance of the business.
banner - which is gradually replacing some Loblaws and Zehrs locations in Ontario - as a national rival to Wal-Mart
.
Additionally, as part of a recent agreement with unionized employees in Ontario, Loblaw announced it would introduce a new food-centred supermarket format originally called the "Great Canadian Food Store" for locations not converted to the Superstore format. This format has since opened under the name "Loblaw Great Food", with new superstores being opened as "Loblaw Superstore". In total, 44 existing Ontario stores were planned to be converted to either the Superstore or Great Food format between 2006 and 2010, in addition to new construction and existing Superstores.
The banners are listed below based on their format classifications within Loblaw. Some individual locations may not match the specified format.
are: Galen G. Weston
(Executive Chairman), Allan Leighton
(Deputy Chairman and President), Stephen E. Bachand, Paul M. Beeston, Gordon A. M. Currie, Anthony S. Fell
, Christiane Germain, Anthony R. Graham, John S. Lacey, Nancy H. O. Lockhart, Thomas C. O'Neil, and John D. Wetmore.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with over 1,400 supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
s operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws
Loblaws
Loblaws is a supermarket chain with over 70 stores in Canada, headquartered in Brampton, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor...
. LCL is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario
Brampton, Ontario
Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...
. Loblaw encompasses 1,036 corporate and franchised stores, 376 associate stores and 4,692 independent stores.
It is Canada's largest retailer with sales of more than C$
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
30 billion in 2008. The company is also one of the largest employers in Canada with more than 139,000 full-time and part-time employees. Employees at Loblaw, with the exception of management, some non-unionized departments and employees at The Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Alberta (who are members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada
Christian Labour Association of Canada
The Christian Labour Association of Canada is a labour union which represents workers in the construction, health care and food industries. The association was established in 1952 to represent workers on the basis of "Christian social principles"...
), are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers labour union.
Loblaw's regional divisions include Westfair Foods Ltd. (western Canada and northern Ontario), National Grocers (southern Ontario), Provigo Inc. (Quebec) and Atlantic Wholesalers Ltd. (Atlantic Canada).
History
Loblaw was started in 1919 by Theodore Pringle LoblawTheodore Loblaw
Theodore Pringle Loblaw was a Canadian grocer who spent his entire life in the province of Ontario. He became the founder of Loblaws supermarkets, which is now a nationwide retail empire....
and Justin Cork at the beginning of the "supermarket" revolution. During the 1930s, it grew to become a chain of more than 80 stores.
In 1947, George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited , often referred to as Weston or Weston's, is Canada's largest food processing and distribution company. Founded by George Weston in 1882, the company today consists of Weston Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary, and Loblaw Companies Limited, the country's largest supermarket...
acquired a controlling interest in the company, which became Canada's largest grocery retailer and the third largest in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. In 1955, the company entered the United States with its purchase of the National Tea Company
National Tea Company
The National Tea Company is a large Midwestern United States grocery chain that operated during the 20th century.-Company history:...
, the largest grocery chain in the Mississippi Valley. Eventually, National, renamed National Supermarkets
National Supermarkets
National Supermarkets was the second largest grocery chain in both the St. Louis, Missouri and New Orleans, Louisiana areas of the United States. Both firms were owned by Loblaw Companies of Canada, but in June 1995, they were sold by Loblaw to Schnucks Markets...
, was pared down to operations in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. It was a major chain in the St. Louis and New Orleans areas until Loblaw sold it off in 1995.
Loblaw Companies Limited was incorporated in 1956. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, it introduced its private label brands: “no name
No name (brand)
No Name is a line of generic brand grocery and household products sold by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer...
” for generic products, “President's Choice
President's Choice
President's Choice also known as “PC,” is a private label or store brand owned by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer. As the company’s premium line, President’s Choice includes a wide variety of grocery and household products, in addition to financial services and mobile...
” for superior quality products, “Too Good to be True” (now "Blue Menu") for nutritious healthy products, and “Green” for environmentally friendly products. Dave Nichol
Dave Nichol
David Nichol is an award-winning Canadian Product Marketing expert. He introduced several store branded lines of products in the 1970s that propelled Loblaws from a struggling chain to an industry leader...
, Loblaw's president at the time, was the company's spokesperson
Spokesman
A spokesperson or spokesman or spokeswoman is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have received formal training in journalism, communications, public relations and...
.
From 1961 to 1971, it operated a discount department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, Sayvette
Sayvette
Sayvette was a discount department store wholly owned and operated in Canada by Loblaw Companies Limited, a large grocery distribution and retail business, from 1961 until 1977....
.
Loblaw has started to bring its Real Canadian Superstore banner to Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. The 13,000 m² (140,000 ft²) stores, which currently includes a chain of private liquor stores operating in Alberta, are well known in Western Canada for their food and general merchandise offerings. Many of these new stores were originally going to be large Loblaws Market or Zehrs Market stores but now will instead be branded as Superstores. Analysts say that Loblaw made this decision in reaction to Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
's announcement to open three Supercentres in Canada by the end of 2006.
Several of Loblaws Superstore locations are now open, the most high-profile location is in Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens is an indoor arena that was converted into a Loblawssupermarket and Ryerson University athletic centre in Toronto, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto's Garden District.One of the temples of hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the...
in Toronto.
The first Valu-mart
Valu-mart
Valu-mart is a chain of supermarkets based in Ontario, Canada. It is a unit of National Grocers, itself a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor....
was established in Clinton, Ontario
Clinton, Ontario
Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...
and still exists today.
Loblaws' home brand, President's Choice was launched in 1984. The most successful PC product to date is President's Choice The Decadent chocolate-chip cookies.
Management shakeup
In September 2006, following numerous quarters of poor results and the stock's drop in value by a third, Loblaws president John Lederer resigned by mutual agreement and was replaced by former Canadian TireCanadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
retail president Mark Foote. Galen Weston
Galen Weston
Willard Gordon Galen Weston, OC, OOnt , is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is the Chairman and President of George Weston Limited...
, the majority owner of Loblaws' parent company, resigned as chairman and was succeeded by his son Galen Jr
Galen G. Weston
Galen G. Weston is a Canadian businessman and the current executive chairman of Loblaw Companies Limited. He is the son of Willard Gordon Galen Weston and Hilary Weston....
. Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton is an English businessman, former CEO of Asda and former non-executive Chairman of the Royal Mail.-Biography:Born in Hereford, the son of a Co-op stores manager, he was raised in Oxford...
, a longtime advisor to the senior Weston, was brought in as Deputy Chairman, and Dalton Philips
Dalton Philips
Dalton Philips is an Irish businessman, the current CEO of UK retailer Morrisons.Born in Ireland, Philips is the son of a County Wicklow egg farmer. He attended from 1981 to 1986 Stowe School, Buckingham, the fee-paying English public school, where he was a border in Grafton House...
as COO. Lederer's predecessor Richard Currie criticized the move as unnecessary, while Dave Nichol
Dave Nichol
David Nichol is an award-winning Canadian Product Marketing expert. He introduced several store branded lines of products in the 1970s that propelled Loblaws from a struggling chain to an industry leader...
said that management shakeup was overdue.
Much of the results were blamed on Lederer's plan to combat the threat of Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Canada
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. is the Canadian unit of Walmart and was founded in 1994 in Mississauga, Ontario with the purchase of the Canadian Woolco stores from Woolworth Canada....
Supercentre grocery stores. Consolidating its distribution centres, which supposedly made the supply chain more efficient, resulted in the departure of many of the chain's general merchandise buyers who were unwilling to move. There were numerous delays and coordination problems as suppliers had trouble shipping their goods to stores on time, and Loblaws was forced to mark it down in order to liquidate excess inventory. Expanding its inventory to general merchandise, supposedly to make a one-stop location like Wal-Mart Supercentres, was considered by many customers to be below the standards of Loblaws. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070125.rmloblaw0125/BNStory/specialROBmagazine/?pageRequested=all http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2006/09/20/loblaw.html
2008–2009
In November 2008, GreenpeaceGreenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
alleged that Loblaw was selling 14 out of 15 of the fish species on that organization's "redlist" of species considered to be the most destructively farmed, and staged protests at some Toronto-area locations. The company denied the allegations, while the accuracy of the redlist itself has been challenged by U.S. government regulators and by the fish industry. Loblaw has since committed to sourcing all of its seafood from sustainable sources by 2013, and now features several Marine Stewardship Council
Marine Stewardship Council
The Marine Stewardship Council is an independent non-profit organization with an ecolabel and fishery certification programme. Fisheries that are assessed and meet the standard can use the MSC blue ecolabel. The MSC mission is to 'reward sustainable fishing practices’...
-certified products under its President's Choice product line. Greenpeace's ratings of Loblaw's seafood initiatives have improved over the years and are now above all other national retailers (and second-highest of all retailers ranked), but were still classified as a failing grade in its 2010 report, based on an absence of labelling indicating where or how seafood is fished or farmed, and continued sale of some redlist species.
On July 24, 2009, Loblaw announced its purchase of T & T Supermarket
T & T Supermarket
T & T Supermarket is a Canadian supermarket chain which sells primarily Chinese and Asian foods. The supermarket chain is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. In 1993, the first T & T was opened in Burnaby's Metropolis shopping centre in Metro Vancouver.With rapid expansion, T & T is now...
Inc., Canada's largest Asian food retailer, for about $225 million: $191 million in cash, and the rest in preferred shares issued by T&T. The value of the preferred shares will be tied to the future performance of the business.
Banners
Loblaw operates under a number of different regional banners throughout Canada. While most of these banners are not likely to be abandoned in the near future, the company's current focus is on developing the large-format Real Canadian SuperstoreReal Canadian Superstore
Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of hypermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to RCSS or Superstore....
banner - which is gradually replacing some Loblaws and Zehrs locations in Ontario - as a national rival to Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
.
Additionally, as part of a recent agreement with unionized employees in Ontario, Loblaw announced it would introduce a new food-centred supermarket format originally called the "Great Canadian Food Store" for locations not converted to the Superstore format. This format has since opened under the name "Loblaw Great Food", with new superstores being opened as "Loblaw Superstore". In total, 44 existing Ontario stores were planned to be converted to either the Superstore or Great Food format between 2006 and 2010, in addition to new construction and existing Superstores.
The banners are listed below based on their format classifications within Loblaw. Some individual locations may not match the specified format.
Superstore
- Atlantic SuperstoreAtlantic SuperstoreAtlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain of 54 stores in the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island...
(MaritimesMaritimesThe Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
) - Dominion Stores (Newfoundland)
- Real Canadian Superstore/Loblaw SuperstoreReal Canadian SuperstoreReal Canadian Superstore is a chain of hypermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to RCSS or Superstore....
(OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Western CanadaWestern CanadaWestern Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...
, and YukonYukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
) - T & T SupermarketT & T SupermarketT & T Supermarket is a Canadian supermarket chain which sells primarily Chinese and Asian foods. The supermarket chain is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. In 1993, the first T & T was opened in Burnaby's Metropolis shopping centre in Metro Vancouver.With rapid expansion, T & T is now...
(British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
and OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
) - Maxi & CieMaxi (supermarket)Maxi is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies 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 company owned. Over...
(QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
)
"Great Food"
- Loblaws / Loblaw Great FoodLoblawsLoblaws is a supermarket chain with over 70 stores in Canada, headquartered in Brampton, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor...
(Toronto and area, LondonLondon, OntarioLondon is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
, southeastern Ontario, Ottawa, and QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) - ProvigoProvigoProvigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. A majority of the stores are located in the Montreal area. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. Provigo is similar to Ontario's Your Independent Grocer/Zehrs banners, as...
(Quebec; some franchised) - Zehrs / Zehrs Great FoodZehrs MarketsZehrs Markets, or simply Zehrs, is a chain of grocery stores located in southern Ontario, Canada. The chain consists of 43 locations and is a part of Loblaw Companies Limited. The first store was established by Emory Zehr and his sons in Kitchener in 1950...
(Southwestern OntarioSouthwestern OntarioSouthwestern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron to the Lake Erie shoreline, and east to south-west roughly from Guelph to Windsor. The region had a population...
)
Primarily franchised
- SaveEasySaveEasySaveEasy is a chain of small retail grocery store franchises in the Atlantic Provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, owned by Loblaw Companies Limited...
(Atlantic CanadaAtlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
) - FortinosFortinosFortinos is a Canadian supermarket chain operating 20 stores in Ontario . It is part of Loblaw Companies Limited.- History :In 1961, immigrant steelworker John Fortino opened his first Fortinos store in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1972, John took on seven partners and opened a second store on Hamilton...
(HamiltonHamilton, OntarioHamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
and some TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
suburbs) - SuperValuSuperValu (Canada)Super Valu is a chain of franchised and associated grocery stores in Canada that operates primarily in the western part of the country. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, many Super Valu stores were created from former Loblaws stores...
(Western Canada) - Shop Easy Foods (Western Canada)
- Lucky Dollar Foods (Western Canada)
- Red & White Food Stores (Atlantic Canada)
- Valu-martValu-martValu-mart is a chain of supermarkets based in Ontario, Canada. It is a unit of National Grocers, itself a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor....
(Ontario) - FreshmartFreshmartFreshmart is a chain of supermarkets based in Ontario, Canada. It is a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor.Freshmart stores are typically operated by a franchise owner...
(Rural and Northern OntarioNorthern OntarioNorthern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...
, Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
) - Your Independent GrocerYour Independent GrocerYour Independent Grocer is a supermarket chain based in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a unit of National Grocers, itself a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor. Stores are typically operated by a franchise owner. Many of the stores were originally...
(OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
area; northern Ontario)
Hard discount
- Extra FoodsExtra FoodsExtra Foods is a Canadian supermarket chain, part of Loblaw Companies Limited. It operates 72 stores in Western Canada. Most Extra Foods stores are smaller than its sister chain, The Real Canadian Superstore, and most locations are in smaller, rural communities...
(Western Canada, YukonYukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
and Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
; some franchised) - Maxi / Maxi & CieMaxi (supermarket)Maxi is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies 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 company owned. Over...
(Quebec) - No FrillsNo Frills (grocery store)No Frills is a chain of deep discount supermarkets in Canada, owned by Loblaw Companies Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited...
(PEI, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Brunswick; franchised)
Wholesale / Cash and carry
- Atlantic Cash & Carry (Atlantic Canada)
- Entrepôts Presto (Quebec)
- Club Entrepôt (Quebec - formerly Club Entrepôt Provigo)
- NG Cash & Carry (Ontario)
- The Real Canadian Wholesale Club (Ontario, Western Canada and Nova Scotia)
Defunct banners
- Atlantic SuperValu (Atlantic Canada)
- Econo-Mart (Western Canada)
- OK Economy (Western Canada)
- Mr Grocer (Ontario Canada)
- Super CentreSuper CentreSuper Centre was a hyper supermarket banner used by Loblaws during the 1990s in Ontario. Some stores were an expansion from the Super-Valu banner....
(Ontario Canada)
In-store brands
Loblaw has a number of common products and services at many of its stores regardless of banner. These include:- President's ChoicePresident's ChoicePresident's Choice also known as “PC,” is a private label or store brand owned by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer. As the company’s premium line, President’s Choice includes a wide variety of grocery and household products, in addition to financial services and mobile...
and no nameNo name (brand)No Name is a line of generic brand grocery and household products sold by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer...
private labelPrivate labelPrivate label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company's brand. Private label goods and services are available in a wide range of industries from food to cosmetics to web hosting...
products - DRUGStore PharmacyPharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
and Loblaw Pharmacy - "Upstairs at (store name)", a community room / cooking school. The cooking school offers kids, adults and teen cooking classes. As well, community room space is available for rent, and completely organized cooking birthday parties are available for children ages 5–16.
- Joe FreshJoe FreshJoe Fresh is a fashion brand created by designer Joe Mimran for Canadian food retailer Loblaw Companies Limited. "Joe," as the label is often referred to, is promoted as stylish and affordable apparel and accessories that includes adult and children’s wear, shoes, handbags, jewellery, beauty...
, a clothing, accessories and cosmetics brand - President's Choice FinancialPresident's Choice FinancialPresident’s Choice Financial is a banking service provided by Loblaw Companies . Several different organizations provide individual financial services under the President's Choice Financial umbrella:...
banking services, operated in association with CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of CommerceThe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT....
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Corporate governance
Current members of the board of directorsBoard of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
are: Galen G. Weston
Galen G. Weston
Galen G. Weston is a Canadian businessman and the current executive chairman of Loblaw Companies Limited. He is the son of Willard Gordon Galen Weston and Hilary Weston....
(Executive Chairman), Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton is an English businessman, former CEO of Asda and former non-executive Chairman of the Royal Mail.-Biography:Born in Hereford, the son of a Co-op stores manager, he was raised in Oxford...
(Deputy Chairman and President), Stephen E. Bachand, Paul M. Beeston, Gordon A. M. Currie, Anthony S. Fell
Anthony S. Fell
Anthony S. Fell, OC is a Canadian businessman and chairman of RBC Capital Markets.From 1980 to 1998, he was the Chief Executive Officer of RBC Dominion Securities Limited. He sits on the board of directors of multiple corporations, including Bell Canada Enterprises, CAE, and Loblaw Companies Ltd....
, Christiane Germain, Anthony R. Graham, John S. Lacey, Nancy H. O. Lockhart, Thomas C. O'Neil, and John D. Wetmore.