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This was likely a small-town format Dominion store from the 1950s or 60s. It is consistent with other Dominion stores throughout small-town Ontario. For example, I have seen similar buildings in Prescott, Huntsville and Napanee. All of those ...

This was likely a small-town format Dominion store from the 1950s or 60s. It is consistent with other Dominion stores throughout small-town Ontario. For example, I have seen similar buildings in Prescott, Huntsville and Napanee. All of those ...

297 Eramosa Road has quite a history: The site of a Steinberg store in the 1960s, later Thrift (whatever that is), later still a Dominion, and even later a Zehrs! When the Google car drove by in 2011 , the structure was subdivided between Zellers (left side) and Zehrs (right side). By ...

... them out in 1982 or 1983. 1985: Elliott Marr introduces the EMA franchise program, giving Oshawa two franchise brands. This was the year in which Dominion shut down, Safeway withdrew from southern Ontario, and Oshawa was a beneficiary. The percentage of corporate stores jumped from 7% to 20%, ...

Dominion in Canada also used the words "Master Market" to advertise its first freestanding postwar supermarkets. It's an alliterative term that seems to have resonated across a broad swath of the industry.

... Johnny Groceteria," adopting the Shop-Easy moniker by 1940. By the late 1950s Shop-Easy was in decline, and by 1975 they were gone. * Dominion and Loblaws both had surprisingly starts in Thunder Bay. Loblaws didn't enter the area until 1959, Dominion not until 1975! And neither name ...

... there to say about the chain history of these cities? * For most of its history, Barrie and Orillia read like an extension of the GTA. Loblaws and Dominion were there early on; Eaton came and went, A&P got a 1930s start, and later names like Food City and Miracle Food Mart emerged, and all ...

... cities. Its stores were up and running by 1930, and were converted to something called Foodateria by 1940. By 1942, even Foodateria was gone. * Dominion entered Sudbury later than it did southern Ontario, and also never blanketed Sudbury with neighbourhood stores. They instead competed with ...

... store. I definitely remember Thrift being there in the 90s, but no idea who would have owned or supplied it - I always thought it was one of those Dominion discount brands that pulled out of NB when the big chain did. 117 Main St: "F'ville" probably stands for Fairville, on the west side. ...

... got quite a few updates, corrections, etc if you don't mind: 435 Brookside Dr: this is the Brookside Mall shopping centre. Originally a Dominion opened in 1980, it was sold to Sobeys ~1988. Moved to the other end of the mall (an ex-Kmart space) in 1999. 169 Dundonald St: Not listed in ...

... and for the odd low-traffic urban franchise store. They also bought the Village chain in NB around this time (which grew from the ashes of the old Dominion stores in that province), closed some and rebranded others as SuperValu as well. A few years later, several IGA stores in NS and PEI were divested ...

... of the local Renco Foods chain (which also reoccupied the Safeway with the arches). * Surprisingly, A&P didn't reoccupy any of the stores that Dominion once had in the city...nor did any Dominions become Mr. Grocer. Both of their stores in Thunder Bay were instead sold to Safeway, who operated ...

Here are two more examples of Dominion's consistent late-1950s store design, uncovered in the midst of research. * 2210 LaSalle Blvd, Sudbury, ON. The building has been expanded and shorn of its original facade...but the rear canopy, mezzanine ...

... I was able to flesh out Lindsay with information from 1975-89 and 1999. Linky. The one big surprise I discovered was that 131 Kent St W (the ex-Dominion pictured upthread) actually survived in operation long enough to be converted to Mr. Grocer in the 1980s. 42 Russell St W opened between 1989 ...

... Broadview Avenue in Toronto, now a Loblaws, might have been a variant. The side has been painted, but the rear looks familiar. This one opened as Dominion in the late 1950s. It's one of my favorite Toronto stores. Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/frMjybFVur4CN2TR8 I think this store may ...