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The 66 store chain, once a fierce rival, was a natural fit for the variety store chain. As the economic expansion of the 1980s progressed, so did the successes of McCrory. They continued to expand and remodel stores as volume and profits grew exponentially. McCrory purchased the Oklahoma-based TG&Y Discount store chain in 1985.
G.E.M. G. E. M. Membership Department Stores was a chain of discount stores, in the US and Canada. Their first location opened in Denver in 1956. GEM offered something different: membership. The qualifications included government-, religious- and school employees, members of the armed forces, and employees of companies that did “substantial ...
Food Fair, also known by its successor name Pantry Pride, was a large supermarket chain in the United States. It was founded by Samuel N. Friedland, and his brother George I. Friedland who opened the first store (as Reading Giant Quality Price Cutter) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the late 1920s. As of 1957, Food Fair had 275 stores, and at ...
Kresge (Canadian division) – discount store chain; Lumberland Building Materials (BC-based store founded in Surrey; it merged with Revy Home Centres in 1997, [2] which then was acquired by Rona in 2001) LW Stores – discount store chain; acquired by Big Lots in 2010 and closed all stores in 2014
Net income. $1.08 billion CAD (2016–17) [3] Number of employees. 4,000 (2017) [3] Website. www.bcliquorstores.com. BC Liquor Stores are a chain of government-owned and operated retail outlets operated by the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch to distribute alcoholic beverages in the province of British Columbia, Canada. [2]
The first Fields store was established in Vancouver in 1950 by the chain's founders, Joseph Segal [1] and Saul "Sonny" Wosk. From there, Fields grew to eight stores by the time it opened a store at Capilano Mall in North Vancouver in 1968, continuing to expand across British Columbia into the 1970s with the acquisitions of several regional retailers (including several small HBC stores in ...
Website. www.loblaw.ca. Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel. [4] Loblaw operates a private label program that includes grocery and household items, clothing, baby ...
It was formerly the flagship store for Simpson's before HBC converted it to Hudson Bay in 1991. In 1978, the Zellers discount store chain made a bid to acquire the HBC, but the HBC turned the tables and acquired Zellers. [88] Also in 1978, Simpson's department stores were acquired by Hudson's Bay Company, and were converted to Bay stores in ...