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| Serving Canadians since 1927, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada operates over 235 grocery stores under the A&P, Dominion, Ultra Food & Drug, The Barn Markets and Food Basics banners throughout Ontario. In our fresh stores, A&P, Dominion, Ultra Food & Drug and The Barn Markets we serve the freshest products and offer convenient services to customers in an easy to shop environment. In our discount format, Food Basics, we offer price savvy customers low prices on quality products to help meet their grocery needs. A&P in Canada Shortly after its entrance into the Canadian marketplace, the Company entered the more competitive Toronto market growing to 30 grocery stores. By 1929, A&P was present in 200 communities in Ontario and Quebec . Two distribution centres in Montreal and Toronto, which also included a coffee roasting facility and a Jane Parker Bakery, serviced these stores. At this point in the Company's history, it was the second largest grocery chain after the Toronto-based Dominion stores. In 1935, the Company established its head office in Toronto on Laughton Avenue, which was eventually moved in 1960 to its current location on Dundas St. W. in Etobicoke, ON . A&P Canada exited the Quebec market in 1984 and a year later acquired Dominion grocery stores and a third distribution centre. The Company continued its acquisitions with the purchase of Miracle Food Mart and Ultra Food Mart in 1989, and The Barn Markets, based in Hamilton, in 1995. Also in 1995, the Company opened its first discount store, Food Basics. The store appealed to customers seeking greater value and lower prices on their grocery items. Today, A&P Canada operates 135 fresh stores under the Dominion, A&P, Ultra Food & Drug and The Barn stores and 103 Food Basics stores, and employs over 30,000 employees in Ontario.
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