Zehrs Markets

Zehrs Markets is a chain of grocery stores in Canada. The company has been owned by Loblaws since the 1970s. They currently only operate in the province of Ontario, and have no plans to expand to other provinces. 
== History ==
In 1950, Emory Zehr founded Zehrs markets. The first location was opened in Kitchener, Ontario. Soon after, a couple more locations were opened throughout Kitchener. The store quickly became a successful grocery chain within the city. Zehrs eventually introduced their own private label brands at their stores which also became popular, 
Over the next decade, Zehrs continued to expand, eventually outside of Kitchener and into other cities in Ontario. In 1963, grocery giant Loblaws purchased the chain.https://groceteria.ca/board/viewtopic.php?t=4401 For the first few years under the new Loblaws ownership, not much changed. 
In 1974, a new Zehrs logo was introduced which looked a bit more similar to the Loblaws logo. By the early 1980s, Zehrs introduced the No Name and Presidents Choice brands to all of their stores. Because of this, all non-Loblaws store brands at Zehrs were discontinued. 
By the 1980s, Zehrs began to open new larger locations within enclosed shopping malls that included photo development centres and other amenities. Eventually, all new locations that were built were a larger size with more services. 
In the 2000s, the new Zehrs Great Food chain was made, which is similar to the Loblaws Great Food chain. 
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, some Zehrs locations were rebranded to No Frills. 
In 2011, a new Zehrs logo was made to modernize the chain, throughout the next few years, most locations were updated with this new design. In 2016, another logo was made, which matches the Loblaws logo with the same font and symbol. 
Today, Zehrs is still a popular grocery store chain throughout the province of Ontario.
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