Food Basics will open a 33,000 square foot store at ROQ City in Downtown Toronto, joining Shoppers Drug Mart in the growing mixed-use development by Tricon Residential.
With annual sales of more than $21 billion, METRO is a food and pharmacy leader in Québec and Ontario, providing employment to more than 97,000 people.
With the new Toronto Fresh distribution centre now fully in operation, the final milestone of METRO's seven-year modernization project has been reached.
Metro said the program makes rewarding customers easier and more convenient by enabling Moi Rewards members to earn points by shopping at Metro and Food Basics grocery and pharmacy banners as well as nine Jean Coutu locations in Ontario.
The outcome of the strike will determine not just how much consumers pay at the checkout, but also the very landscape of the industry itself, says Sylvain Charlebois.
The Food Professor says that strike action at Ontario Metro stores will exert a profound influence on other grocery retailers in Canada as unions and employees advocate for their rights.
Montreal-based Metro Inc. will close and re-brand some of its Ontario grocery stores. It will also operate the in-store pharmacies at Quebec's Target locations.
Metro announced that it will either close or re-brand 15 of its Ontario stores to the Food Basics label. We have yet to...