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     • As the smaller, older stores closed and were replaced with larger, modern supermarkets, Dominion reduced its store number to 195 by 1945. But sales continued to soar, and Dominion solidified its position as the largest grocery chain in Canada.
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   When did Dominion become a supermarket?

   • Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation. It was later sold to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), which restricted the chain to the Greater Toronto Area.

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   How many Dominion Stores are there in Canada?

   • Founded out of a little storefront at 174 Wallace Ave., Dominion Stores Limited claimed to be the largest grocer in Canada with 190 stores (62 in Toronto) after just four years in business. In the decades before supermarkets, Dominion stores were staffed by clerks who would fetch and bag items on the customer's behalf.

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   Who owns Dominion Stores?

   • Toronto-based Dominion Stores was founded in 1927 and became Canada’s largest grocery store organization. Dominion was taken over by A&P in 1985. A&P purchased Miracle Food Mart and Ultra Food Mart in 1989, and The Barn Markets, based in Hamilton, in 1995. Also in 1995, the Company opened its first discount store, Food Basics.

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   What happened to Dominion stores in Quebec?

   • Quebec: Dominion stores in Quebec were sold to Provigo in 1981; Provigo was acquired by Loblaws in 1998. In 1985, during the chain's breakup, the Argus-controlled Dominion Stores Ltd. withdrew $37.9 million from its defined benefit pension plan for Canadian employees.

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   How many stores did Dominion have?

   • The company was founded in 1919 in Toronto, and throughout its first 20 years, steadily added stores, including some that it picked up from T. P. Loblaw (yes, that Loblaw). In the 1930s, Dominion boasted some 572 stores, although most of these were small shops. Dominion, like so many other companies, suffered through the Great Depression.

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   What happened to Dominion Stores Limited?

   • In particular, I thought of Dominion Stores Limited, which was Canada’s No. 1 grocery chain from the 1950s through the early ’80s. Then, in 1985, it came to a quiet, albeit wrenching, end. Today, it’s easy to forget what a force Dominion once was.

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   Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation.

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   May 19, 2013 · As the smaller, older stores closed and were replaced with larger, modern supermarkets, Dominion reduced its store number to 195 by 1945. But sales continued to soar, and Dominion solidified its position as the largest grocery chain in Canada.

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   Aug 8, 2015 · Founded out of a little storefront at 174 Wallace Ave., Dominion Stores Limited claimed to be the largest grocer in Canada with 190 stores (62 in Toronto) after just four years in business.

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6. www.thestar.com › business › dominion-a-p-brandsDominion, A&P brands kaput - The Toronto Star

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   Aug 7, 2008 · The historic grocery store names, Dominion and A&P, will disappear from the Ontario landscape starting next month when owner Metro Inc. renames 158 supermarkets as part of a $200 million...

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   Aug 20, 2024 · Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation.

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   Dominion Stores, commonly referred to as simply Dominion, is the primary brand name of the major-market supermarkets of Loblaw Companies Limited in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, currently all located on the island of Newfoundland.

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   Dominion was a Canadian grocery store chain, it was once one of the largest grocery store chains in Canada until it was bought out by several companies and eventually re-branded to various other chains. History. In 1919, Robert Jackson and William J. Pentland opened the first Dominion grocery store in Toronto, Ontario.