. zehrs markets type division industry supermarket founded kitchener ontario 1950 headquarters ontario canada products presidents choice parent loblaw companies website www.zehrs.ca zehrs markets or simply zehrs is a supermarket chain in southern ontario canada . the chain consists of 43 locations and is a part of loblaw companies limited . the first store was established by emory zehr and his sons in kitchener in 1950 . until 1995 the store s logo was a red or orange square with two small lines to make it a boldened stylized z . zehrs stores have been known in ontario by three distinct names zehrs markets zehrs food plus and zehrs greatfood similar to the new loblaw greatfood locations opened in the greater toronto area . in 2010 zehrs unveiled a new logo and store design renovating several stores to the new format . the new stores are known as zehrs markets as opposed to the new zehrs greatfood format that had been opened only a couple of years before . a kingsville location was recently changed from a greatfood to a zehrs markets . the business entity is known as zehrmart ltd which is operated by its parent company loblaw companies limited . zehrs employees are represented by the united food and commercial workers local 1977 as well as the ufcw local 175 633 . a zehrs markets store . zehrs operates stores in large cities and small towns throughout southern ontario . locations stretch from kingsville in the south to orillia in the north and from windsor in the west to niagara falls in the east and northeast to uxbridge . as a one stop shop zehrs stores contain traditional departments such as fresh bakery meat and produce and newer non traditional departments such as optical stores wine shops president s choice financial banking kiosks clothing and electronics departments . a zehrs supermarket in barrie 2016 . the administrative portion of this banner is located in brampton ontario under the leadership of banner vice president derrick pittman . zehrs markets regions are divided into three districts numbered from 1 3 . every department in the store has its own specialist for its district and further expansion into areas of marketing and merchandising are being utilized most recently . in march 2005 zehrmart ltd and fortinos grocery stores both under the loblaw umbrella merged operations and now run as one unit . in september 2005 all ontario operations of loblaw companies limited and the banners began moving into the newly constructed office at 1 president s choice circle brampton ontario . as with other loblaw stores zehrs is noted for carrying president s choice products . at recently renovated opened stores such as in guelph or barrie the zehrs logo has a familiar l logo from loblaws added . zehrs greatfood logo now used at four locations . contents 1 locations 1.1 ontario 2 see also 3 external links locations edit ontario edit 42 locations alliston barrie 3 bolton bradford brantford 2 caledonia cambridge 3 fergus goderich guelph 4 keswick kitchener 4 kingsville listowel niagara falls orangeville orillia owen sound st. catharines 2 stratford tillsonburg uxbridge waterloo 3 welland windsor 3 woodstock old zehrs markets logo ; the zehrs food plus logo was the same only with food plus replacing markets in the same font . this logo can still be seen at some stores . see also edit list of canadian supermarkets external links edit official website v t e george weston limited corporate directors a. charles baillie robert dart peter eby phillip farmer anne fraser r. donald fullerton anthony graham mark hoffman allan leighton john makinson robert prichard wendy rebanks galen weston galen weston jr. president s choice brands president s choice president s choice financial pc points pc mobile food or drink brands arnie s bagels brownberry country harvest exact george weston bakeries canada only interbake foods no name wonder bread canada only loblaw companies stores atlantic cash & carry atlantic superstore dominion extra foods fortinos freshmart loblaws maxi no frills provigo real canadian superstore saveeasy shoppers drug mart supervalu t & t supermarket valu mart wholesale club your independent grocer zehrs markets property maple leaf gardens loblaws at maple leaf gardens rights to these brands in the united states are owned by different companies . 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zehrs markets & oldid 729536729 categories loblaw companiessupermarkets of canadacompanies based in kitchener ontariohidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 languages edit links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 21 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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