A&P Canada Company was a Canadian supermarket company that operated from 1927 until 2009, when its stores were rebranded under the Metro name by Metro Inc.

History

thumb|A & P supermarket, [[Snowdon, Montreal, Quebec, 1941]]

thumb|View of a typical A&P store prior to Metro conversion, [[Belleville, Ontario, July 2007]]

In 1927, A&P opened its first stores in Canada. By 1929, A&P was present in 200 communities in Ontario and Quebec.

A&P Canada left the Quebec market in 1984, and in 1985 acquired Dominion Stores in Ontario. It acquired Steinberg's Ontario grocery store chains Miracle Food Mart and Ultra Food&Drug in 1990 when the company divested them under new management (Miracle Mart rebranded by 1994 and Ultra by 2008). but did see A&P's Master Choice store brand replaced with Metro's Selection and Irresistibles brands.

See also

  • The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (former parent company)
  • List of Canadian supermarkets

Notes

References

  • History of A&P, Metro Web site
  • Food Basics
  • Loeb