Maxi

Canadian grocery retailers expanded and repositioned capacity during Q3 2026 despite limited underlying supermarket volume growth. The report examines discount conversions, specialty formats, former department-store projects and changing online fulfilment models, distinguishing announced investment from additions to operating grocery capacity.

Loblaw expects to open about 75 stores in 2027 as it expands No Frills, Maxi and its pharmacy network amid sustained demand for discount grocery shopping.

Maxi will open a 13,000-square-foot grocery store at Montreal’s former Forum in 2027, extending Loblaw’s compact urban discount strategy.

Loblaw says Canadians remain focused on value as discount grocery growth and trade-down behaviour continue across the country.

Loblaw opens a new Maxi and Pharmaprix in Mont-Laurier as part of a broader national push into hard-discount grocery formats.

With over 185 stores across Québec, Maxi has been a fixture in the province for nearly 40 years.