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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
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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Metro seems to be doing reasonably well in Ottawa. Most of the Metro stores there are former stores of the local Loeb grocery chain that had a very loyal local clientele. So there might be different factors at play than in other parts of Ontario.
Loblaws seems to have scaled back its presence in Quebec though they still have some stores. The one closest to me has been changed to a Maxi, but they still have one in the Plateau district of Hull and also in Aylmer.
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