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RE: Grocery Stores - KevinL - 08-29-2018
Shoppers Drug Mart. King and College.
RE: Grocery Stores - notmyfriends - 09-16-2018
watch me explode
RE: Grocery Stores - embe - 09-16-2018
(09-16-2018, 03:33 PM)notmyfriends Wrote: watch me explodehah! (groan)
RE: Grocery Stores - Spokes - 09-16-2018
Timeline?
RE: Grocery Stores - tomh009 - 09-16-2018
It literally says "coming soon
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RE: Grocery Stores - Spokes - 09-16-2018
I want that billboard to have a countdown on it!!! I demand constant data!
RE: Grocery Stores - tomh009 - 09-24-2018
(10-28-2016, 11:06 AM)KevinL Wrote: Farm Boy on Fairway is the only Waterloo Region grocer to get one of the new wine-sale licences.
Farm Boy being acquired by Sobeys:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-sobeys-parent-looks-to-beef-up-with-800-million-acquisition-of/
RE: Grocery Stores - KevinL - 09-24-2018
Key thing there is that Farm Boy will remain its own brand, and Sobeys will help expand it (even converting some existing Sobeys into FB).
RE: Grocery Stores - panamaniac - 09-24-2018
(09-24-2018, 12:12 PM)KevinL Wrote: Key thing there is that Farm Boy will remain its own brand, and Sobeys will help expand it (even converting some existing Sobeys into FB).
Well, that's what they're saying now, anyway. Here in Ottawa, I do over half of my grocery shopping at Farm Boy, so it's fingers crossed that Sobeys doesn't mess with a winning formula.
RE: Grocery Stores - Spokes - 09-24-2018
I'm really curious to see this play out. Will we see a lot of Sobeys products getting pushed into FB I wonder?
RE: Grocery Stores - panamaniac - 09-24-2018
(09-24-2018, 12:18 PM)Spokes Wrote: I'm really curious to see this play out. Will we see a lot of Sobeys products getting pushed into FB I wonder?
Or, happier thought, Farm Boy labels in Sobeys?
RE: Grocery Stores - Spokes - 09-24-2018
I would be pleasantly surprised, but I'll emphasize the surprised part.
RE: Grocery Stores - jamincan - 09-24-2018
I think Sobey's already tries to position themselves as a more premium option; I guess Farm Boy fits that even more so.
RE: Grocery Stores - panamaniac - 09-24-2018
(09-24-2018, 12:30 PM)jamincan Wrote: I think Sobey's already tries to position themselves as a more premium option; I guess Farm Boy fits that even more so.
I suppose most people in this forum have been to a Farm Boy by now, but the best description (from U.S. media) I ever saw was that it's a cross between Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. It is not out of line in terms of prices, although it is a bit higher than Loblaws or Sobeys. I've never thought of Sobeys as "premium", however.
RE: Grocery Stores - clasher - 09-24-2018
Sobeys is premium Freshco. Speaking of Freshco, the one on Weber/Franklin is 24 hours now.