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( July 2013 ) Loblaws Type Division Industry Retail Founded 1919 Headquarters Brampton, Ontario Products Alcoholic beverages ( Québec and Ontario only ), General Grocery, General Merchandise, Pharmacy, and Photolab Parent Loblaw Companies Subsidiaries Loblaw GreatFood / Loblaws CityMarket Atlantic Superstore Dominion No Frills Extra Foods Real Canadian Superstore Fortinos Your Independent Grocer / Independent CityMarket Valu - mart Zehrs Markets Maxi / Maxi & Cie Provigo Bloorstreet Market SaveEasy Joe Fresh Wholesale Club / Club Entrepôt Axep Freshmart Shop Easy Foods SuperValu L'Intermarché Atlantic Cash & Carry Les Entrepôts Presto Lucky Dollar Foods NG Cash & Carry T & T Supermarket Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix 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, Alberta, 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 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. What is likely the final empty Loblaw building in NY in Johnstown / Gloversville was demolished in 2015, having been standing empty since the chain 's departure in the 1970s, even to having the name still on the sign, showing no reuse of the site. 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. 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. See also Toronto portal Food portal Companies portal List of supermarket chains in Canada Dave Nichol References Jump up ^ UFCW Local 1000A ( 2011 - 11 - 30 ). `` New Loblaws Great Food Opens at Historic Maple Leaf Gardens Site ''. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaws-closing-52-unprofitable-stores-over-next-12-months-1.3164578 External links Official website 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 Financial PC Mobile PC Plus 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 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 ) Weston Centre ( Toronto ) Defunct National Supermarkets SaveEasy * Rights to these brands in the United States are owned by different companies. Supermarket chains in Canada Loblaw Companies Atlantic Superstore Dominion Extra Foods Fortinos Freshmart Loblaws Maxi No Frills Provigo Real Canadian Superstore SuperValu T&T Valu - mart Wholesale Club Your Independent Grocer Zehrs Metro Inc. Food Basics Metro Super C Marché 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 ) Kin 's Farm Market ( BC ) Longo 's ( ON : Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area ) Marché 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 Héritage Knob Hill Farms Loeb Miracle Food Mart Sav - A-Centre SaveEasy Steinberg 's Super Centre Target Ultra Food & Drug Village Food Stores Zellers ( 2 stores still remain in Ontario, operating as liquidation centres ) List of supermarket chains in Canada Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loblaws&oldid=815864850 '' Categories : Companies based in Brampton Loblaw Companies Supermarkets of Canada 1919 establishments in Ontario Retail companies established in 1919 Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2013 All articles needing additional references Articles that may contain original research from July 2013 All articles that may contain original research Articles lacking reliable references from July 2013 All articles lacking reliable references Articles with multiple maintenance issues Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 17 December 2017, at 18 : 14. 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Answer: Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor.