- Atlantic Superstore
Infobox_Company
company_name = Atlantic Superstore
company_
company_type =Supermarket
foundation =1986
location = Moncton, New Brunswick
industry =Retail
products = Bakery, beer, charcuterie, clothing, dairy, deli, frozen foods, gardening centre, gasoline (select locations), general grocery, general merchandise, liquor , meat & poultry, pharmacy, photolab, produce, seafood, snacks, wine
parent = Loblaw Companies Ltd.
homepage = http://www.superstore.ca/east/Atlantic Superstore is a
Canadian supermarket chain of 51 stores in theMaritime provinces ofNova Scotia ,New Brunswick , andPrince Edward Island . It is owned byGeorge Weston Limited throughLoblaw Companies Limited , and operates under theAtlantic Wholesalers division of Loblaws.The stores range in size from 45,000 to over 120,000 square feet (4,000 to 10,000+ m²) in size.
tore services
Despite the similarity in name to sister chain
Real Canadian Superstore , not all Atlantic Superstores are necessarilyhypermarket s; many are simply large supermarkets with minimal general merchandise. Others, however, are marketed as "One Stop" stores (much like Real Canadian Superstore) and carry a wide variety of goods, including groceries, electronics, housewares, clothing, and generally offer services such as photo finishing and a pharmacy.Some larger stores (60-80,000+ square feet) also boast a community room, drive-thru pharmacy, gas bar, liquor store (operated by the applicable provincial agency), tobacco shop, as well as walk-in medical clinics. Gas bars at some locations, some of which are branded "Superstore at the Pumps" or "Refuel," offer a 3.5 cent per litre "AutoCash" coupon where provincial laws allow for this practice.
Atlantic Superstore has recently added
self checkout registers at its larger stores which allow customers to scan the barcode of an item and make payment without any interaction with store employees.History
Loblaw entered Atlantic Canada through the acquisition of Atlantic Wholesalers, owner of the
SaveEasy chain, in 1976.In
1986 the company opened its first large-scale grocery store in Moncton, New Brunswick using the name The Real Atlantic Superstore. In 1995 the name was shortened to the present one and the store designs were reformatted to the "market style". Most SaveEasy stores, excluding those in rural areas, were eventually converted to the Superstore format, either though renovation or relocation.The company underwent unprecedented changes during the 1990s when headquarters were relocated from Sackville to
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia . New warehousing facilities for just in time logistics distribution were built, along with a huge expansion campaign which brought new large-format stores to many centres in the region within a period of only several years.Locations
New Brunswick
There are 20 locations within New Brunswick.
External links
* [http://www.superstore.ca/east/ Atlantic Superstore Official website]
ee also
*
List of supermarkets
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