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by pseudo3d
17 Jan 2024 10:58
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

... close them during conversion?) Can't speak much for the Canadian stores, though glancing over some of them were renamed ("Original" Dominion) but some of them weren't (Steinberg's).
by retailfanmitchell019
17 Jan 2024 04:20
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: "End of the line" supermarkets
Replies: 19
Views: 2140

Re: "End of the line" supermarkets

... (suburban Philadelphia chain, sold to Giant-PA in 2006) Giant Open Air (Hampton Roads area chain sold to Farm Fresh in 1986) Canada: National: Dominion Lofood (Sobeys discount banner before Oshawa acquisition) Piggly Wiggly Price Chopper (Oshawa Group/Sobeys discount banner) Oshawa Group (which ...
by Mike Reaser
03 Nov 2023 06:56
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
Replies: 15
Views: 22985

Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON

On a related subject, is it safe to assume that most Food Basics stores around Toronto are former A&P or Dominion locations? Or that most No Frills stores are former Loblaw's? Anyone familar with the Toronto landscape out there? Resurrecting this thread to say "not necessarily" ...
by Groceteria
28 Aug 2023 19:15
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: NEW: Québec City, 1935-1976
Replies: 2
Views: 653

Re: NEW: Québec City, 1935-1976

... (under "E") and one other one might be "Raymond Épicerie" (under "R"). And in the earliest directories, Dominion was still a "store." The street names are ever worse. Rues (streets) and avenues are alphabetized under the proper name, so Rue Desjardins ...
by retail_person_247
13 Jul 2022 12:35
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Food Emporium?
Replies: 3
Views: 989

Re: Food Emporium?

Yes they did renovate and take upscale a few Dominion Stores as The Food Emporium. As I recall there was still some Dominion branding - I recall the D logo specifically - on the stores. I know of two locations that were converted - one in Mississauga ...
by mcbill2471
12 Jul 2022 20:04
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Food Emporium?
Replies: 3
Views: 989

Re: Food Emporium?

Yes they did renovate and take upscale a few Dominion Stores as The Food Emporium. As I recall there was still some Dominion branding - I recall the D logo specifically - on the stores. I know of two locations that were converted - one in Mississauga ...
by retail_person_247
12 Jul 2022 17:13
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Food Emporium?
Replies: 3
Views: 989

Food Emporium?

... anything other than the Wikipedia page for The Food Emporium which says the "The Food Emporium" brand name was used *inside* of their Dominion stores (which is even more confusing) it also says the Canadian format was "garnished" sometime in the 90's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_Emporium ...
by Groceteria
10 Jun 2022 08:18
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge
Replies: 13
Views: 8618

Re: New location list: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge

... I’m going to go back and look at (I meant to do it before posting). That said none of the “usual suspects“ that tend to be predecessors (A&P, Dominion, Miracle Food Mart) seem to have been present in the later years. There are also no Metro stores. It’s also interesting to note that there ...
by Andrew T.
29 May 2022 12:03
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Owen Sound, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1968-2019
Replies: 3
Views: 2075

Re: Owen Sound, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1968-2019

The 1930s Dominion site at 938 2nd Ave E is a must-see...it's in a single-story mid-block storefront with Art Deco brick detailing, including a pattern of three recessed squares on the upper facade. I wonder if Dominion commissioned the architecture itself?
by TheRealBMac
20 Oct 2021 11:48
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Barrie and Orillia, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1927-present
Replies: 5
Views: 2943

Re: Barrie and Orillia, ON chain grocery/supermarket history, 1927-present

... closed/relocated, it became part of a new corridor at the mall around 1994-ish, making K-Mart (now a Hudson's Bay store) a new anchor. As for the Dominion store at Georgian Mall, Herbie's Drug & Food Warehouse (544 Bayfield St) moved to the former Dominion space around 1992... that store had ...
by Andrew T.
11 Jul 2021 12:05
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Updated location list: Winnipeg through 1975
Replies: 10
Views: 12044

Re: Updated location list: Winnipeg through 1975

... were are anyone's guess...he doesn't say.) As might be expected, there are a wealth of supermarket images to go around. Here's what I found: Dominion and Loblaws (paired side-by-side in the same centre!!), Polo Park, 1974 Safeway and Loblaws (still paired side-by-side!), Polo Park, 1984 . ...
by Andrew T.
08 Feb 2021 23:04
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at
Replies: 45
Views: 49617

Re: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at

Mainebadger wrote: 06 Feb 2021 22:38 Is Dominion still around in Canada?
Not anymore; unless you count the Loblaws-owned bizarro offshoot in Newfoundland, which I don't.
by Mainebadger
06 Feb 2021 22:38
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at
Replies: 45
Views: 49617

Re: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at

... Stop ‘n Shop (in Cleveland; not the same as the chain still in the Northeast) Mister Market (small central Maine chain) Dominick’s (Chicago) Is Dominion still around in Canada?
by the506
30 Apr 2020 20:15
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: New location list: Guelph ON, 1938-1980
Replies: 8
Views: 8888

Re: New location list: Guelph ON, 1938-1980

Andrew T. wrote: 21 Feb 2020 20:05 The site of a Steinberg store in the 1960s, later Thrift (whatever that is), later still a Dominion, and even later a Zehrs!
Thrift was a discount Dominion banner. It was common for Dominion to rebrand older and smaller stores to either Thrift or Mr. Grocer in the 70s and 80s.
by J.R.G.
29 Apr 2020 00:33
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Mystery store: 154 Talbot St W, Aylmer, ON
Replies: 7
Views: 6709

Re: Mystery store: 154 Talbot St W, Aylmer, ON

It's my pleasure! :) I may have found another possible Dominion with similar architecture. This is a 2nd Muskoka example, in the town of Gravenhurst. The first example was the Huntsville one in the last post. https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.9201405,-79.372637,3a,75y,295.03h,92.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4023TtYRLnG3eD4ASfBmUQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 ...