LoFood Stores

LoFood Stores were a discount grocery store chain in Canada. At their peak, they operated in 4 provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island.) Because of competition from chains such as No Frills, LoFood ended operations at the turn of the century. 
==History==
LoFood was established in 1979 by Sobeys as a discount grocery chain. The store was made to compete with No Frills, which is a discount grocery store chain owned by Loblaws, Sobeys biggest competitor. The first location opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://www.sobeys110.com/en/timeline/
By 1982, LoFood had 13 locations across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. In the same year, the first Ontario location opened in Burlington, Ontario.https://www.sobeys110.com/en/timeline/
By the 1990s, all Ontario LoFood stores had closed, and they were once again operating in just the Maritimes. 
In December 1998, Sobeys acquired Oshawa Group. One of their grocery chains was Price Chopper, a very similar chain to LoFoods. As Price Chopper was a much larger chain, LoFoods became redundant. 
By 2000, Sobeys had pulled the plug on the LoFoods name, and all stores were closed or converted to other Empire Company retailers such as Lawtons Drugs and Price Chopper. 
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