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  2. Jul 15, 2013 · Posted July 15, 2013 12:50 pm. Updated July 15, 2013 6:10 pm. 2 min read. TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Limited announced Monday it has reached a friendly agreement to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart...

  3. May 4, 2023 · Loblaw first announced the $12.4 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart in July 2013, closing the transaction eight months later in March 2014. It acquired Shoppers for...

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  4. Apr 15, 2024 · A former Shoppers Drug Mart franchise owner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the Canadian retail pharmacy chain, and its parent company Loblaw, alleging the companies imposed...

    • Concerns About Lack of Choice, Staff
    • Loblaw Responds
    • Survey Suggests Self-Checkouts Are Popular
    • 'Vote with Our feet'

    CBC News interviewed six people in Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick who each said that during a recent visit to a Shoppers store, an employee directed debit and credit card payers to self-checkout. All but one of the customers said they were emphatically told they could only check out with a cashier if they paid with cash. Lorrie Perko said that ...

    In 2019, several Shoppers customers interviewed for a CBC News storyalso complained they were told to use self-checkout unless paying with cash. Around that same time, two Shoppers employees in Ontario told CBCthat their supervisors were pressuring them to push customers to use the self-checkout machines. Loblaw told CBC News in 2019 that it expect...

    During the pandemic, the chain has "seen a significant increase in self-checkout use, with customers looking to minimize interaction with others or for a faster checkout option," Thomas said. "We watch these metrics closely, along with our in-store customer satisfaction, and believe they tell a more accurate story." A new survey out of Dalhousie Un...

    But not everyone has embraced self-checkout during the pandemic. Determined to have a cashier ring in his goods, Kerwin said he paid cash and that during one of his Shoppers visits, his girlfriend, Colleen Pilger, left the store and went to a bank teller at a nearby bank to get enough cash so they could use the cashier option. WATCH | Customers sha...

  5. Mar 22, 2017 · Shoppers Drug Mart says its computer system has largely been restored, although it continues to experience some intermittent service disruptions. While operations are returning to normal, the...

  6. In 1971, Shoppers Drug Mart purchased 87 Cunningham Drug Stores in British Columbia and Alberta. In 1972, Koffler and the Steinberg grocery chain together launched the Pharmaprix pharmacy chain in Quebec. Koffler later bought out Steinberg's 50% stake in 1979, to take full control of Pharmaprix.

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