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Founded by George Weston in 1882, the company today consists of the Choice Properties real estate investment trust and Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest supermarket retailer, in which it maintains a controlling interest.
In 1882, a young Toronto bread salesman and former baker’s apprentice named George Weston went into business for himself when he bought a bread route from his employer. By the turn of the century, Weston’s Bread was known throughout the city and George Weston had become Canada’s biggest baker.
George Weston (March 23, 1865 – April 6, 1924) was an American-born Canadian businessman and the founder of George Weston Limited. He worked on a Canadian bread factory in Toronto . [ 1 ] Weston began his career at the age of 12 as a baker's apprentice and went on to become a bread route salesman.
After being outbid by the Thomson family in a 1979 battle for control of Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest Canadian company and its leading department store chain, Weston acquired Stroehmann Brothers Company, a major baker of fresh bread based in Pennsylvania, in 1980.
The story of George Weston Limited began in 1882 with a wagonload of fresh-baked bread. Today, George Weston is one of the largest corporations in North America. » Read more
George Weston Limited is one of North America’s largest processors and distributors of food. The company operates three subsidiaries: Loblaw Companies Limited...
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May 31, 2016 · It took George Weston Ltd. 134 years to transform from a small bakery into Canada’s biggest company, and it did so by going far beyond making bread and into selling many more of life’s other essentials: groceries, drugs, toiletries and even clothing.
