r no d p t type subsidiary industry home improvement founded boucherville quebec 1939 headquarters boucherville quebec number of locations 18 key people robert dutton president and ceo andr h. gagnon chairman products retail home improvement parent kingfisher plc 1998 2003 rona inc. 2003 present website www.renodepot.com r no d p t known as reno depot outside of quebec is a chain of home supply stores owned by rona inc. primarily operating in quebec r no d p t is a warehouse styled format with a focus on discounted renovation and household hardware products . the chain briefly expanded into ontario under the name the building box ; following rona s acquisition of r no d p t these stores were re branded as rona home & garden locations . history edit in 1987 groupe val royal entered into a strategic agreement with the molson companies and acquired the castor bricoleur stores located in qu bec . in 1992 groupe val royal with its partner aikenhead s a division of the molson companies announced the creation of r no d p t warehouse stores . the first location opened in brossard . after the brossard store montr al welcomed its first branch location in august 1993 in anjou . in 1994 two other stores opened their doors laval and pointe claire followed by march central montr al and qu bec in 1995 . that same year the company changed its name to r no d p t. in 1996 a new location was established in saint hubert . in 1997 the two majority shareholders of r no d p t inc. the michaud family and molson companies limited sold their interest in the company to the french group castorama . in 1998 the british group kingfisher plc acquired a large block of shares from castorama to become the majority shareholder . in 1999 r no d p t opened a location in lasalle and the following year entered the ontario market under the english language banner the building box . in 2003 rona inc. acquired r no d p t ; following the merger the ontario based building box stores were re branded as rona home & garden as part of a plan by the company to operate more big box styled outlets alongside its smaller specialty stores . 1 in 2013 in the wake of cuts across the company the r no d p t chain was re positioned as a discount wholesale focused banner with a reduced product selection . 2 in 2015 rona announced that the brand would expand outside of quebec with the re opening of shuttered rona locations in calgary and aurora ontario as reno depot . 3 references edit rona focuses on three store sizes to take on home depot . the globe and mail . retrieved 3 february 2016 . rona closing 11 stores in ontario b.c. cutting more jobs . the globe and mail . retrieved 3 february 2016 . rona to expand in 2015 by opening reno depot stores in alberta ontario . canadian press . retrieved 3 february 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title r no d p t & oldid 741158260 categories hardware stores of canadacompanies established in 1939companies based in boucherville1939 establishments in quebec 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 19 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view