Background
Company Identification No frills are a chain of franchised "hard discount" grocery stores
Location Based on Ontario, Canada
Type Supermarket
Headquarters East York, Ontario
Industry Retail
History 1978 Founded, while most grocery stores carried thousands of items, that first No frills featured only 500.
1970s Operated a few stores in Buffalo and New York, but closed after mid-1970s.
1980s Regular national brands were introduced as part of the stores' offerings.1987, Loblaws decided to harness the entrepreneurial spirit of local ownership, changing the stores into franchise operations.
1990s Widely expanded by Loblaw Company Ltd.
Structure Owned by Lablow Company Ltd., a subsidiary of George Weston Limited. Franchise operations system, owners put their names out front,
Corporate Culture Provide the lowest prices to the customer, no frills
Background
Company Identification Food Basics is a no-frills Canadian supermarket chain created to compete with the successful No Frills warehouse style supermarket.
Location Based on Ontario, Canada, over 100 locations
11 stores in U.S.A
Type Supermarket
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
Industry Retail
History A&P Canada opens the first Food Basics, a no frills
store offering every day low prices, in 1995.
In fall 2006, Metro Inc. began to renovate Food Basics Stores. The design and format of these new stores closely resembl ...