I remember a time when Steinberg's was the leading supermarket brand in Quebec. Sam Steinberg died, and the family bickered while Rome burned. The pieces fell into the hands of Metro/Provigo, under the good offices of the Quebec Provincial government. Provigo took over most of what was once the Dominion brand in Quebc. The Quebec government vetoed earlier attempts by Loblaws to purchase the Provigo brand. Ironically, for a while, we recently had Metro all over Ontario (after the purchase of A&P/Dominion and related brands). Perhaps Metro thought that Ontarians would behave like Quebeckers (tongue in cheek reference to another post), but the rebranding was a total fiasco. Many Metros have closed (the majority in London have either closed, been sold, or have been rebranded as "Food Basics").
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