An important warning can be read on a banner at Fearmans Pork processing plant. - Graham Paine/Metroland It can be alarming to see this kind of thing so close to your home. A number of residents have ...

The shift to discount among consumers has been an ongoing trend in Canada, prompting the country's largest grocery retailers to convert many conventional stores into discount banners. Loblaw, for ...

Sobeys will need to open its discount banner out West to stem losses from its botched Safeway takeover The food retailer operates FreshCo which currently doesn't extend beyond Ontario and that has ...

In its 2023 financial year, Loblaw opened 31 new discount stores through conversions or brand-new locations, according to its annual report, divided between its No Frills and Quebec-based Maxi banners ...

In recent earnings calls, Metro and Empire executives have said that though discount stores are still beating other banners in terms of sales growth, that gap is starting to narrow as inflation ...

Rising income inequality could also feed into the development of a new deep discount banner, experts say. Last week, the World Economic Forum highlighted the continued trend of rising income ...