for its parent company see loblaw companies . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . july 2013 this article possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable . please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources . unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message loblaws type division industry retail founded 1919 headquarters brampton ontario products alcoholic beverages qu bec and ontario only general grocery general merchandise pharmacy and photolab parent loblaw companies website http www.loblaws.ca loblaws empress walk north york ontario 2007 loblaws at yonge and bernard richmond hill ontario loblaws is a supermarket chain with over 2000 stores in canada headquartered in brampton with stores in british columbia ontario and quebec . loblaws is a division of loblaw companies limited canada s largest food distributor . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit founded by theodore loblaw and john milton cork in 1919 loblaws stores used to operate across canada until the early 1960s when most locations in western canada were re branded as supervalu and later as real canadian superstore . the company also once operated stores in upstate new york northwest pennsylvania and northeast ohio . these were sold to bells markets in the mid 1970s . some of the loblaws stores in northwestern pennsylvania continued operation into the early 1990s . actor william shatner did a number of television commercials for loblaws in the 1970s and finished the ad spots by saying originally at loblaws more than the price is right ; but by gosh the price is right later shortened to at loblaws more than the price is right . beginning in 2008 some new and renovated loblaws stores were given a new store format and were named loblaw great foods dropping the red orange curved l logo . stores under this banner are also subject to slightly different collective agreement terms with the united food and commercial workers the union representing loblaw employees . the chain s location on the site of the former maple leaf gardens in toronto opened in late 2011 is promoted as simply loblaws and uses the familiar l logo but is officially named loblaws great food indicating that similar terms are in place at that store . 1 on july 19 2013 loblaws introduced their new concept loblaws citymarket in north vancouver bc . richmond bc and vancouver bc . loblaws citymarkets are now operational in ontario british columbia and alberta . on july 23 2015 loblaws announced the planned closure of 52 non profitable stores over the next year . 2 see also edit toronto portal food portal companies portal list of supermarket chains in canada dave nichol references edit ufcw local 1000a 2011 11 30 . new loblaws great food opens at historic maple leaf gardens site . retrieved 2011 12 15 . http www.cbc.ca news business loblaws closing 52 unprofitable stores over next 12 months 1.3164578 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 loblaws & oldid 743758219 categories companies based in bramptonloblaw companiessupermarkets of canadahidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2013all articles needing additional referencesarticles that may contain original research from july 2013all articles that may contain original researcharticles lacking reliable references from july 2013all articles lacking reliable references 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 aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 03 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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