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by mcbill2471
01 May 2023 23:15
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
Replies: 4
Views: 966

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.
by mcbill2471
01 May 2023 21:43
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: 475 Pim, Sault Ste. Marie, ON: Former Safeway Marina?
Replies: 4
Views: 966

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...
by mcbill2471
20 Dec 2022 22:17
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Food Emporium?
Replies: 3
Views: 987

Re: Food Emporium?

That’s right.
by mcbill2471
12 Jul 2022 20:04
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Food Emporium?
Replies: 3
Views: 987

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...
by mcbill2471
24 Jan 2021 13:21
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: The relationship between Zehrs and Loblaws
Replies: 3
Views: 7192

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...
by mcbill2471
14 Jan 2021 12:34
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 13147

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...
by mcbill2471
14 Jan 2021 12:23
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: The mysteries of Food City stores in Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 13147

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...
by mcbill2471
29 Dec 2020 01:11
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge
Replies: 13
Views: 8607

Re: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge

The location at 1 Hespler was built as a Price Chopper.
by mcbill2471
29 Dec 2020 01:06
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Brampton, ON supermarket history
Replies: 6
Views: 3944

Re: Brampton, ON supermarket history

This No Frills was originally a Loblaws.
by mcbill2471
29 Dec 2020 00:50
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: A&P centennial stores in Canada?
Replies: 3
Views: 4966

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...
by mcbill2471
29 Dec 2020 00:38
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Late '50s Dominions with identical architecture
Replies: 6
Views: 3623

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.