SaveEasy

SaveEasy was an Canadian supermarket chain founded in 1959. They operated stores in Atlantic Canada only. 
== History ==
In 1959, Atlantic Wholesalers Limited opened the first Save Easy grocery store. They quickly expanded throughout Atlantic Canada. At their peak, they were the second largest grocery store chain in Atlantic Canada (First place was Sobeys) 
In 1976, Loblaws wanted to expand into the Atlantic Canadian market, so they decided to buy out Atlantic Wholesalers Limited. When they did this, they also changed the SaveEasy logo to look more Loblaws esque. 
In the early 1980s, they introduced the No-Name brand and other Loblaws brands to SaveEasy.
In 1986, Loblaws introduced Atlantic Superstore. These are large Hyper-market grocery stores. Because of this, the existence of SaveEasy became redundant, as Atlantic Superstores were far superior to SaveEasy. Because of this, Loblaws decided to slow down the opening of Save Easy locations and target them toward places that were too small for Atlantic Superstore locations.
In the mid 1990s, SaveEasy was rebranded to Atlantic SaveEasy, the branding was made to match Atlantic Superstore. In 2007, this was reverted, and Atlantic SaveEasy once again became just SaveEasy
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Loblaws closed or rebranded most urban locations to Atlantic Superstore or Atlantic Supervalu.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Loblaws phased out IGA in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland markets. Some of the former locations, such as the Dartmouth Shopping Centre location, were turned into SaveEasy, this is the last time SaveEasy locations were opened in urban areas. 
In 2010, the last urban locations were rebranded to No Frills. https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/dartmouth-saveeasy-to-become-a-no-frills-2679847
In 2014, Loblaws announced that the SaveEasy name would be discontinued. All SaveEasy locations were rebranded to Your Independent Grocer. All locations were rebranded by 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108081333/http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1248758-loblaw-to-rebrand-renovate-save-easy-stores
== Stores ==
=== SaveEasy ===
A typical SaveEasy store. Anywhere from 20 000 to 50 000 square feet. 
=== SaveEasy Wearhouse Foods ===
Store concept usually found in enclosed shopping centres. Were usually larger then usual SaveEasy stores.
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