chain . for the children s book see farm boy novel . this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message farm boy industry grocery founded 1981 founder jean louis and collette bellemare headquarters ottawa ontario canada number of locations 20 area served ontario website www.farmboy.ca farm boy is an ottawa based eastern ontario regional supermarket chain that sells primarily fresh produce baked goods organic foods dairy deli meat fish and some prepared products usually with no additives or preservatives including a private label line . the company started in december 1981 with its first store in cornwall ontario . its primary jingle is it s a farm boy day so shop the farm boy way . its current slogan can be found under the farm boy sign on its stores it s all about the food . contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 see also 4 external links history edit in december 1981 collette and jean louis bellemare opened the first farm boy on cumberland street in cornwall ontario . at that time the modest 300 sq. ft. store sold only produce . the second farm boy was opened in february 1983 by brother normand bellemare in cornwall . by october of the next year the bellemare brothers joined together to open a farm boy on sydney street . this 5 000 sq ft 460 m2 store allowed them to expand their products beyond produce with dairy deli cheese and meat product lines . an in store bakery and bulk food were also added . expansion edit by 1992 the success of farm boy in cornwall allowed the family to expand their business into other regions ; orleans on centrum boulevard in 1992 nepean in february 1996 montreal road in the hillside plaza in may 1997 kanata on hazeldean road in november 1997 blossom park area in july 2003 and again in orleans in december 2004 . new stores were opened in 2006 at the blue heron mall on bank street barrhaven on woodroffe avenue a store on terry fox drive in the kanata signature centre in 2007 and britannia off richmond road in 2011 . in 2012 they opened a location at place d orleans mall and it was the first store to offer an in store eating area . in 2012 farm boy also expanded to kingston their first store outside of the ottawa area . in the fall of 2003 the bellemares created a board of directors to oversee the overall direction of the company and appointed jeff york as the new president of farm boy in 2009 . in 2012 two of the 3 bellemare brothers stepped down as an investment group out of boston invested in the company to help them grow . in the summer of 2014 farm boy expanded to london ontario . citing success in its first london location at wellington road just north of bradley ave the company announced two more locations would open in the spring of 2015 . the first located near masonville place in the city s north end and the region s largest store located at wonderland and beaverbrook just west of western university . the wonderland and beaverbrook location is also home to the company s regional offices . 1 2 in summer of 2015 farm boy furthered its expansion with its first location in kitchener and whitby . see also edit list of canadian supermarkets http www.farmboy.ca london http london.ctvnews.ca farm boy expanding to three locations in london 1.2031658 external links edit official website 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 retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article relating to ottawa and to canada s national capital region is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title farm boy & oldid 721639762 categories retail companies established in 1981supermarkets of canadacompanies based in ottawaorganic foodretail company stubsottawa stubshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from april 2014all articles lacking in text citationspages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 23 may 2016 at 04 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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