Food Basics

Food Basics

Infobox_Company
company_name = Food Basics
company_
company_type = Supermarket
foundation = 1995
location = Toronto, Ontario
industry = Retail
products = Dairy, frozen foods, grocery, general merchandise (non-food), meat/deli, pharmacy, produce, snacks
parent = Metro Inc.
homepage = http://www.foodbasics.com/

Food Basics is a no-frills Canadian supermarket chain created by A&P Canada to compete with the successful No Frills warehouse style supermarket operated by Loblaw. Food Basics prices are generally lower due to low maintenance (no free plastic bags, just free cardboard boxes), store decor is kept to a minimum and a smaller number of staff is employed, mostly part-time positions. The chain operates by pushing higher volumes on a limited selection of products than A&P/Dominion, allowing it to compete price-wise with other grocery stores. Currently, there are 112 locations in Ontario, of which 36 are franchise stores.

Food Basics' parent company, A&P Canada, was purchased from A&P by Metro Inc. in 2005.

Like its competitor No Frills, a franchise store is licensed to an owner, who then names the store "x's Food Basics".

Food Basics carries major national brands and five of its own private label brands:
*Master Choice and Irresistibles are the company's line of premium products,
*Equality and Selection are used for everyday value products, and
*Basics for Less is the company's line of large economy-sized products. Food Basics recently introduced a line of low-price health and beauty products named Simply 1-2-3.

Great Basics FindsGreat Basics Finds are unique items such as ready-to-assemble furniture, clothing, housewares and other seasonal items all specially priced. They are available in limited time and quantity and vary with every shopping trip.

In fall 2006, Metro Inc. began to renovate Food Basics Stores. The design and format of these new stores closely resemble Metro's Super C Banner in Quebec. New store signs feature broken lettering and a larger emphasis on yellow, green and beige colours. Drug Basics Pharmacy also changed to just "pharmacy" on a blue background colour. In spring 2007, Metro Inc. initiated their new BDMS inventory system into all of their warehouses.

ee also

* A&P Canada
* Dominion Super Market
* Metro Inc.

External links

* [http://www.foodbasics.com Food Basics]
* [http://www.freshobsessed.com A&P Canada]
* [http://www.metro.ca Metro Inc.]

References

* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17772146.html Zwiebach, Elliot. "A&P Canada is forming franchise unit." Supermarket News. November 27, 1995]


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