FreshCo
Search results
The Oshawa Group was once a leading owner of supermarkets in Ontario, Canada. It was bought by Sobeys (via Empire Company Limited) in 1998. The company was based in Etobicoke and traded on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges.
The Oshawa Group is one of Canada's largest suppliers of food, operating in both the wholesale and retail sectors. The company runs 102 supermarkets under a variety of banners, including Food City, IGA, and Dutch Boy.
The Oshawa Group Limited markets food through a network of distribution centers and retail stores in Canada. The Company operates more than 100 stores under banners such as "IGA," "Dutch Boy ...
The Oshawa group, M. Loeb and Hudon & Orsali obtain IGA franchises and expand in Ontario and Quebec. By the decade’s end, the first discount supermarket in Canada – Food City – is opened by the Oshawa Group.
The Oshawa Group was once a leading owner of supermarkets in Ontario, Canada. It was bought by Sobeys (via Empire Company Limited) in 1998. The company was based in Etobicoke and traded on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges.
Ray presided over The Oshawa Group for 40 years. His sound, conservative management never lost sight of Oshawa’s central core, the wholesaler-retailer alliance. His entrepreneurial spirit was the ideal partner for independent grocers willing to carve their own niche.
Nov 2, 1998 · The supermarket chain wants to acquire Toronto-based Oshawa Group Ltd. Combined sales would rival those of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., also in Toronto, Canada's largest supermarket operator.
