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- 01 May 2023 23:15
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3691
Re: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
Awesome find! No doubt about it then. I did not know they had a Canadian store of that style that far south. From the looks of it Safeway sold it off around the same time as Oshawa bought the GTA stores.
- 01 May 2023 21:43
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3691
Re: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
There’s some real estate listings for the property up right now showing the aerial view and it is most definitely a Marina under there. In a Facebook group about growing up in Sault Ste. Marie there are a few posts that mention it. From the comments it was a Marina store, opened in the 60’s and beca...
- 20 Dec 2022 22:17
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Food Emporium?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3326
Re: Food Emporium?
That’s right.
- 12 Jul 2022 20:04
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Food Emporium?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3326
Re: Food Emporium?
Yes they did renovate and take upscale a few Dominion Stores as The Food Emporium. As I recall there was still some Dominion branding - I recall the D logo specifically - on the stores. I know of two locations that were converted - one in Mississauga at the Sheridan Mall (eventually a Metro) and one...
- 24 Jan 2021 13:21
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: The relationship between Zehrs and Loblaws
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9946
Re: The relationship between Zehrs and Loblaws
Zehrs and Gordons were both independent chains purchased by Loblaws in 1963 and allowed to run independently under their own leadership teams and administration. In 1977 Gordons was moved under the Zehrmart division, but still operated with its own Administration Office. The office was closed in 198...
- 14 Jan 2021 12:34
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17182
Re: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
Here's something interesting I discovered today in rural Middlesex Centre, Ontario: A store still branded as Food Town. You'll notice that the logo here is a take-off of that of Canadian Foodland, which is also owned by Sobeys. foodtown.jpg Independent Food Town (IFT) is a banner that Sobeys suppli...
- 14 Jan 2021 12:23
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17182
Re: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
I remember this change - we shopped at the Food City in Bronte from time to time (it is now a Sobeys). Around 1995ish they updated the Food City logo and decor on most of the stores, but then converted all of them to their IGA banner in the Fall of 1996. The Dutch Boy stores in Kitchener-Waterloo ha...
- 29 Dec 2020 01:11
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11672
Re: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge
The location at 1 Hespler was built as a Price Chopper.
- 29 Dec 2020 01:06
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Brampton, ON supermarket history
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6714
Re: Brampton, ON supermarket history
This No Frills was originally a Loblaws.
- 29 Dec 2020 00:50
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: A&P centennial stores in Canada?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7638
Re: A&P centennial stores in Canada?
Two others I know of - though both are renovated beyond recognition now. 700 Burnhamthorpe Rd E, Mississauga, ON L4Y 2X3 - now a Shoppers Drug Mart, and 5559 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M9B 1B9 - now a Food Basics. This one is built as part of Metro Ontario’s office / distribution complex - which was f...
- 29 Dec 2020 00:38
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Late '50s Dominions with identical architecture
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6528
Re: Late '50s Dominions with identical architecture
I remember an identical location in Toronto at Islington and the Queensway - it closed in the late 70’s.