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Loblaw Companies Limited
Company type
Public subsidiary
Traded as
TSX: L
Industry
Retail
Founded
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1919; 105 years ago (1919))
Headquarters
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Galen Weston Jr. (Chairman and Director)[1]
Per Bank (President and CEO)[1]
Products
Apparel Cash and carry Discount store Hypermarket Supercentre Supermarket Superstore Warehouse club
Brands
See list
Revenue
CA$56.504 billion (2022)[2]
Operating income
CA$3.342 billion (2022)[2]
Net income
CA$1.994 billion (2022)[2]
Total assets
CA$38.147 billion (2022)[2]
Total equity
CA$11.456 billion (2022)[2]
Number of employees
221,000 (2022)[2]
Parent
George Weston Limited (52.2%; as of 2020)[3]
Subsidiaries
Loblaws Atlantic Superstore Dominion Stores Extra Foods Fortinos Freshmart Maxi No Frills No Name President's Choice President's Choice Financial Provigo Real Canadian Liquorstore Real Canadian Superstore Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix SuperValu T & T Supermarket Valu-mart Your Independent Grocer Zehrs Markets
Website
www.loblaw.ca
Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel.[4] Loblaw operates a private label program that includes grocery and household items, clothing, baby products, pharmaceuticals, cellular phones, general merchandise and financial services. Loblaw is the largest Canadian food retailer, and its brands include President's Choice, No Name and Joe Fresh.[5] It is controlled by George Weston Limited, a holding company controlled by the Weston family;[6] Galen G. Weston is the chair of the Loblaw board of directors, as well as chair of the board of directors and CEO of Canada-based holding company George Weston.[7]
Most of Loblaw's 136,000 full-time and part-time employees are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers, with the exception of workers at The Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Alberta, who are members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada.[citation needed]
Loblaw's regional food distribution divisions include Westfair Foods Ltd. in Western Canada and Northern Ontario, National Grocers Co. Ltd. in Ontario, Provigo Inc. in Quebec, and Atlantic Wholesalers Ltd. in Atlantic Canada.[8]
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^ abcdef"Loblaw Annual Report 2022" (PDF). April 21, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^"Loblaw Companies Limited Amends Normal Course Issuer Bid to allow George Weston Limited to Participate". Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
^"Loblaw Companies Limited". www.loblaw.ca. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^"George Weston Limited – 2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^Singsit, Jangoulun (April 20, 2023). "Loblaw hires Per Bank as president and chief executive officer". Retail Insight Network. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
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Global Information
CA$56.504 billion (2022)[2]