Fairway Markets
Fairway Markets [1] is a regional grocery chain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The ten store chain was founded by Don Yuen[2] in 1963 and employs over 700.[3] The chain is a low cost grocery store with a significant emphasis on ethnic foods.
Founder
Don Yuen was born in China, where his family had operated a grocer store for three generations and came to Canada in 1949 after the family lost their business to communism.[4] Yuen worked at his uncle's store and at a sawmill before embarking on his own store in 1963. Yuen is now Fairway Markets' President.
Locations
- 272 Gorge Road West, Saanich, BC - original store from 1963
- 1521 McKenzie Ave, Saanich, BC
- 101-2187 Athlone Court, Oak Bay, BC
- 2635 Quadra St, Victoria, BC - former Safeway location
- 3651 Shelbourne St, Saanich, BC
- 103-4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, BC
- 7108 West Saanich Road, Brentwood, BC
- 2531 Beacon Ave, Sidney, BC
- 2945 Jacklin Road, Langford, BC
- 772 Goldstream Ave, Langford, BC - former Western Foods location
References
- ^ Fairway Market website
- ^ "Company Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Brentwood Bay store makes 10 for Fairway Market chain - Peninsula News Review". www.peninsulanewsreview.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "Honorary Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
External links
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