SuperValu (Canada)

For companies of the same name in other countries, see SuperValu.

SuperValu logo

SuperValu is a chain of franchised and associated grocery stores in Canada that currently operates in the province of British Columbia and Alberta

Background

In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, many SuperValu stores were created from former Loblaws stores. Loblaw Companies Limited (through its Westfair Foods division) supplies SuperValu stores and owns the SuperValu name.

In the mid-1970s, a larger version of SuperValu was created. Dubbed the Real Canadian Superstore, these warehouse-sized grocery stores were closer to department stores in scope. Today, only a handful of smaller SuperValu stores remain, most located in British Columbia and one located in Alberta in the town of Nanton. Most have either been rebranded as Extra Foods or expanded into Real Canadian Superstore outlets (or the related Real Canadian Wholesale Club). Atlantic SuperValu stores have since been replaced by the larger Atlantic Superstore.

See also

• List of supermarket chains in Canada

External links

• SuperValu store locations
• Archived site for three Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley-based SuperValu outlets
• Archived site for two Vancouver SuperValu outlets
• Site for SuperValu outlet in Vancouver
• Site for SuperValu outlet in Gibsons, BC
• SuperValu radio jingle from the mid-1960s (MP3)
• Local newspaper article on closure of Campbell River SuperValu outlet