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  1. Ryan

    July 19, 2020 at 12:32pm

    930 Upper Paradise never existed as a Metro. The location closed as The Barn prior to the Metro conversions. This link from the Hamilton Spectator claims it closed in 2002.
    https://stories.thespec.io/2015/03/10/flashback-the-barn/
    However Google Street Maps still shows it there in 2007. In 2009 (the year of the Metro conversions), it is shown as a Home and Patio store. No Frills opened sometime in late 2014, early 2015.

    The 70 Hess St N location of The Barn would have closed much earlier than 2010 as well. First of all, The Barn (as a chain) ceased to exist the year prior. This location was not a Metro. As well, the aforementioned article above listed it as closing in 2002.

    All Metro conversions in Hamilton were from Barn locations. (with the exception of a lone A&P location in Dundas, which is not included in the spreadsheet). I’m not sure at what point the locations were flipped from Superfresh to The Barn. The link makes mention 5 former Superfresh & Miracle Food Mart locations switched in 2001 to The Barn. I would place money on 1900 King St E and 751 Upper James St., as the other former Miracle locations that switched. The other locations on Mohawk and Queenston became Food Basics, as per your spreadsheet.

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  2. Oli

    October 10, 2020 at 8:34pm

    The FoodBasics at King and Paradise: Google Streetview has it as The Barn at about 2007, a Metro afterwards, then a FoodBasics afterward. Was that an A&P originally?

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