Cannings Foods Limited

Cannings Foods Limited was a Trinidad and Tobago company in 1912 by Ernest Canning, a British-born businessman. [cite news | title = Ernest Canning: From telephone orders to self-service supermarkets: the evolution of grocery shopping in Trinidad and Tobago | url = http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/bio_ErnestHughCanning_supermarketmagnate.htm | work = Newsday Historical Digest | date = 2000-06-25 | accessdate = 2007-04-03 ]

The enterprise began as a grocery store. Then it introduced dairy products (including ice cream), baked goods, poultry processing, and soft drinks. The supermarket HiLo, started in 1950, was the first self-service store in Trinidad and Tobago. The store was later purchased by Neal and Massey Limited.

In the 1990s, the Cannings Group ceased to operate - with the exception of the HiLo supermarket. The Cannings soft drink brand was sold to Coca Cola, and continues to be produced.

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