- Longos (supermarket chain)
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. (Longos) is a family run
grocery chain in theGreater Toronto Area . Thecorporate office is located inMarkham, Ontario .Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.is a family owned business which was started byTommy, Joe and Gus Longo in 1956. The first store was located on Yonge Street and Castlefield, in Toronto. The first location was no more than 2,000 square feet. They had eight people working in the store which were all family members. In 1962, the Longo brothers opened their second store on Woodbine Avenue.
Longos currently owns and operates 17 stores in the Toronto area.
In 2004, Longos acquired online
grocery retailerGrocery Gateway , providing longos with the largest online grocery retail presence in Canada.Longos slogan is 'Adventures in Food'. Longos currently has over 2500 employees working in the organization, and has been selected as one of
Canada 's Top 50 privately managed companies byFinancial Post Magazine for seven consecutive years(2000-2008), acheiving platinum status.External links
* [http://www.longos.com/eng/homepage.asp Longo's]
* [http://www.grocerygateway.com Grocerygateway]
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