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METRO-RICHELIEU TO SHORTEN NAME
Jan 31, 2000
MONTREAL -- Metro-Richelieu here said last week it will shorten its name to Metro, the better to reflect its efforts to expand beyond its native province of Quebec.The name change was announced at the company's annual...
18 IGA UNITS GETTING SOBEYS BANNER
Jun 28, 1999
STELLARTON, Nova Scotia (FNS) -- Sobeys here is converting 18 corporate IGA outlets in Ontario to the Sobeys banner. It's also franchising another 27 corporate IGA and Price Chopper stores that it now owns as a result...
METRO-RICHELIEU TO BUY 41 LOEB SUPERMARKETS
May 17, 1999
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Metro-Richelieu Inc. here has agreed to buy 41 Loeb supermarkets in Ontario for about $85 million (Canadian $125 million) from Provigo Inc.Provigo was recently acquired by Loblaw Cos. Ltd. of Toronto...
MONTREAL'S ETHIC MIX
May 03, 1999
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Supermarkets here in Canada's most multicultural city are installing ethnic destinations in Center Store to meet the needs of diverse customers.This French-speaking capital of Quebec has nearly 3...
METRO-RICHELIEU NET GAINS 14% IN QUARTER, SALES UP 6.3%
May 03, 1999
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Metro-Richelieu Inc. here said net earnings for the second quarter ended March 13 totaled $12.3 million ($18.7 million Canadian), an increase of 14 per cent from a year earlier. Sales rose 6.3 per...
COUCHE-TARD TO ACQUIRE C-STORE RIVAL SILCORP LTD.
Mar 22, 1999
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Quebec's largest convenience-store chain is about to swallow its Ontario-based rival and become one of the Top 10 operators in North America. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. here has offered to buy...
METRO-RICHELIEU MULLS BUY OF PROVIGO'S LOEB
Feb 15, 1999
BRIAN DUNN MONTREAL (FNS) -- Metro-Richelieu here will decide by spring whether to exercise its option to purchase Provigo Inc.'s Loeb division in Ontario, Pierre Lessard, president and chief executive officer, told...
PROPOSED ACQUISITIONS QUESTIONED BY GROUP
Feb 01, 1999
MONTREAL (FNS) -- The federal Competition Bureau's inquiry into one of two recent proposed supermarket acquisitions is tainted by potential bias, an Ottawa-based public interest group maintains.Fearing a raw deal for...
CANADA TRIBUNAL CUTS GERBER DUMPING DUTIES
Jan 18, 1999
OTTAWA (FNS) -- Gerber Products may get a second chance to sell baby food in Canada, following a trade tribunal recommendation to reduce dumping duties against the company.The Canadian International Trade Tribunal...
METRO-RICHELIEU GAINING IN QUEBEC GROCERY MARKET
Dec 21, 1998
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Metro-Richelieu continues to chip away at the competition in the Quebec grocery market, recording sales growth of 6.8% for its fiscal year ended Sept. 26. Sales for the year climbed to $2.37 billion ...
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