Discount supermarkets in Ontario are going toe-to-toe with Wal-Mart in a pricing battle likely to leave multiple parties bruised. Newly arrived but heretofore underperforming Wal-Mart Supercenters, combined with...
LEAF RAPIDS, Manitoba This town, in conjunction with Bring Your Own Bag, a reusable enviro-bag program, has become the first Canadian municipality to ban single-use plastic bags. Under Bylaw 462, retailers will no...
MONTREAL When Metro Chairman Maurice Jodoin opened the floor to questions during the retailer's annual meeting here in January, the first person at the microphone was Yves Michaud, a shareholder rights activist with...
MONTREAL Less than two years after spending $1.5 billion for A&P's 236 stores in Ontario in 2005, Metro here said it would consider more acquisitions outside its key markets of Quebec and Ontario. The company's medium...
TORONTO - The battle has begun in earnest between Loblaw Cos. here and Wal-Mart Canada with the Oct. 18 opening of the first two Wal-Mart Supercenters in the Ontario towns of Ancaster and London. A third is set to...
The arrival of Wal-Mart supercenters in Canada is probably more widely anticipated by the competition than consumers themselves.Reports of supercenters being built north of the border have been circulating for the...
MONTREAL - Wal-Mart Stores in the United Kingdom have just launched a cheddar cheese that claims actually to reduce artery-clogging fat.Called Heartfelt Plus Natural Cheese, it's enhanced with an ingredient called...
TORONTO - For the second year in a row, Loblaw Cos. delivered bad news to shareholders at the company's annual meeting here this month.Like last year, first-quarter results were down, and again most of the blame was...
BRAMPTON, Ontario - The response to Loblaws' new line of Joe Fresh Style fashion items has far surpassed original forecasts, according to the person responsible for the line."It's exceeding quite extensively what our...
MONTREAL - The prospect of facing Wal-Mart Canada as it prepares to open supercenters in Ontario doesn't faze Pierre Lessard, president and chief executive officer of Canadian supermarket operator Metro here.After all...