Oshawa Group
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Ontario
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, but it was sold to Sobeys
Sobeys
Sobeys is the second largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,300 supermarkets operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than $14 billion CAD in 2009...
(via Empire Company Limited) in 1998.
Stores under Oshawa Group included:
- IGAIGA (supermarkets)IGA is a brand of grocery stores active in more than 30 countries. Contrasting with the chain store business model, IGA operates as a franchise through stores that are owned separately from the brand. Many of these stores operate in small town markets and belong to families that manage them...
- Tradition Market Fresh Food
- Knechtel
- Pharma Plus Drug Stores
- Food CityFood City (Canada)Food City or Food Town were Canadian supermarkets operated by the Toronto-based Oshawa Group. The stores were often paired with department store chain Towers.A typical Food City store had:* Meats/Deli* Produce* Frozen goods* Canned goods...
and later as Food TownFood City (Canada)Food City or Food Town were Canadian supermarkets operated by the Toronto-based Oshawa Group. The stores were often paired with department store chain Towers.A typical Food City store had:* Meats/Deli* Produce* Frozen goods* Canned goods... - Price ChopperPrice Chopper (Canada)FreshCo. is a Canadian chain of discount food stores owned by Sobeys Inc..The first eight FreshCo stores launched on May 12, 2010 in Brampton and Mississauga, Ontario...
- Towers Department StoresTowers Department StoresTowers, operating as Bonimart in Quebec, was a Canadian discount department store chain owned by the Oshawa Group, a now-defunct grocery retailer and distributor.-History:The first store was opened in 1960 in Toronto Towers, operating as Bonimart in Quebec, was a Canadian discount department store...
(until 1990)
Oshawa Group also operated food services company SERCA Foodservices Incorporated.