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Milton J. Cork. Plot O, Lot 17 Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Coming to Toronto as a boy from his hometown of Picton, Ontario, where he was born in 1870, Milton Cork obtained his elementary education in the Toronto public school system and, at the age of 16, began working in his father’s grocery store at 335 King Street East.
Mar 21, 2021 · A mansion on a quiet street in Toronto comes with a history linking it to two retail giants in the city. The home at 2 Old Forest Hill Road sold last summer real estate broker Elise Kalles told...
Apr 14, 2024 · J. Milton Cork was born in Picton, Ontario and began working at his father’s grocery store on King Street East in downtown Toronto. It was at his dad’s grocery store a young Milton would meet his best friend and eventual business partner, Theodore Loblaw.
Loblaw Groceterias was founded by Theodore Loblaw and John Milton Cork in 1919. Loblaw opened the first Canadian self-service grocery store in Toronto in June 1919. During the 1920s the company grew throughout Ontario. By the 1930s it had 107 stores in Ontario and 50 in the state of New York.
In 1897, Loblaw married Isabella Adam and in 1900 purchased his first grocery store on College Street with partner J. Milton Cork. Loblaw pioneered the concept of self-service grocery stores that provided all types of food products under one roof and opened the first Loblaw Groceteria in 1919.
In 1919, Theodore Pringle Loblaw and J. Milton Cork opened the first Loblaw Groceterias store modeled on a new, radically different self-serve retail concept in Toronto. By 1928, the grocer had 69 stores across Ontario.
After Loblaw's death, co-founder John Milton Cork took charge of the company. During the early 1930s, Loblaw Groceterias began converting many of its outlets to "Market Stores" that featured full-service meat and produce departments for the first time.
