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Canada store visits

Our store visit reports feature floor plans, store photos and full commentary written by our team of international retail experts. Dozens of reports are made every year of stores that feature new concepts in food and grocery retail.

Videos

Store of the month: December 2022: Save-On-Foods, Coquitlam, Canada
1/12/2022
See inside our pick for December's store of the month, Save-On-Foods, Coquitlam, Canada. It is a new innovative flagship store which showcases fresh foods at their best and raises the bar with its restaurant quality foodservice proposition.
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Presentations

Circle K: playing to its strengths
13/04/2023
Discover how Circle K has optimised a small footprint store to build an offer around its strengths in cold and hot drinks, food-to-go and impulse ranges.
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Metro Canada - adapting the store to local needs
01/03/2023
How Metro is flexing its categories and model to adapt to local shopper needs and trends.
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Fresh St. Market: leaving a lasting impression
26/01/2023
Step inside the retailer’s latest opening to discover an innovative design concept and exceptional food experience.
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The building blocks of Save-On-Foods' flagship supermarket
08/12/2022
We highlight 12 elements which have been refocused to create a new flagship supermarket for one of Canada’s leading retailers.
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Inside Food Basics’ urban discount format
04/04/2022
Discover how Metro has evolved its discount format to better meet the needs of urban shoppers in Canada's largest city.
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How Loblaw raised the bar for prepared foods
02/02/2022
For the first time, Loblaw has extended its Pane Fresco brand beyond its Fortinos banner, enabling the retailer to deliver a new proposition for bakery and prepared foods. We recently visited its flagship Toronto store to see how it continues to raise the bar in these areas.
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Inside Farm Boy’s urban showcase
07/12/2021
Farm Boy is spearheading Sobeys’ push to gain share in the Ontario market, especially in urban locations.
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Inside Walmart Canada's partnership model
16/11/2021
Over recent months, Walmart Canada has remodelled several stores to launch different pilots as it evolves its store of the future.
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Inside Metro Plus, Prévost, Quebec, Canada
19/07/2021
We look at how Metro continues to evolve its core supermarket offer, bringing to life its strengths in fresh, prepared foods and local sourcing.
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Safeway's new city-focused supermarket
07/04/2021
We recently visited Sobeys' Safeway-bannered supermarket which has been opened in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Canada. We look at how the retailer has adapted the format for this urban location and how it fits into its broader strategy.
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