private industry retail supermarket founded toronto ontario canada 1956 1956 founder tommy joe and gus longo headquarters vaughan ontario canada number of locations 24 area served greater toronto area products bakery dairy deli frozen foods general grocery meat & poultry produce seafood snacks pharmacy at six locations flowers starbucks number of employees 4 000 website www.longos.com longo s rutherford longo s first canadian place store . longos in markham longo brothers fruit markets inc. commonly known as just longo s is a family run grocery chain in the greater toronto area ontario canada . its corporate office is located in vaughan and had been previously located in mississauga . longo s was founded by brothers tommy joe and gus longo in 1956 who established their first store at the intersection of yonge street and castlefield avenue in toronto . 1 this store was about 190 square metres 2 000 sq ft and had eight family members working there . the longo brothers opened their second store in 1962 on woodbine avenue . 1 longo s owns and operates 28 stores in the greater toronto area . a 4 500 square metre 48 000 sq ft flagship store opened in maple leaf square in downtown toronto and a new store opened in mississauga on february 26 2015 . in 2004 longo s acquired online grocery retailer grocery gateway providing longo s with the largest online grocery retail presence in canada . longo s currently has over 4 000 employees and has been selected as one of canada s top 50 privately managed companies by the financial post newspaper for nine consecutive years 2000 2008 citation needed achieving platinum status . 2 longo s publishes a free magazine called experience magazine . joe longo sr. died in the fall of 2008 . tommy longo died on 30 january 2011 . contents 1 locations 2 see also 3 references 4 external links locations edit 26 locations aurora brampton burlington 2 maple markham 2 milton mississauga 3 oakville 3 richmond hill thornhill toronto 7 vaughan woodbridge 2 see also edit list of supermarket chains in canada references edit a b family history . longo brothers fruit markets inc. archived from the original on october 22 2006 . retrieved 2009 12 23 . platinum club members . deloitte & touche llp cibc national post and queen s school of business . retrieved 2009 12 23 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to longo s. longo s v t e supermarket chains in canada loblaw companies atlantic superstore dominion extra foods fortinos freshmart loblaws maxi no frills provigo real canadian superstore saveeasy supervalu t & t valu mart wholesale club your independent grocer zehrs metro inc. food basics metro super c march adonis overwaitea food group overwaitea foods pricesmart foods save on foods urban fare sobeys foodland freshco iga except in british columbia price chopper safeway sobeys thrifty foods other national chains costco walmart regional chains calgary co op ab calgary area choices market bc vancouver kelowna co op atlantic maritimes qc farm boy on ottawa area kingston fairway markets bc victoria area foodex nl galati market fresh on toronto h mart bc & on highland farms on greater toronto area iga bc longo s on greater toronto area march frais qc ottawa northern northmart northern canada saskatoon co op sk saskatoon area spud bc alberta whole foods market bc & ontario defunct banners a & p ayre s supermarkets commisso s food markets dominion food city galati brothers h ritage knob hill farms loeb miracle food mart sav a centre steinberg s super centre target ultra food & drug village food stores zellers 2 stores still remain in ontario list of supermarket chains in canada this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title longo % 27s & oldid 743104323 categories supermarkets of canadacompanies based in vaughanprivately held companies of canadacanadian company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2009commons category with page title same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 21 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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