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. The ten store chain was founded by Don Yuen in 1963 and employs over 700. 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. 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

Greater Victoria Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) ...

* 272 Gorge Road West, Saanich, BC - original store from 1963 * 1521 McKenzie Ave, Saanich, BC * 101-2187 Athlone Court,

Oak Bay, BC Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordere ...

* 2635 Quadra St,

Victoria, BC Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

- former Safeway location * 3651 Shelbourne St, Saanich, BC

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ...

* 103-4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, BC

Saanich Peninsula Saanich Peninsula ( str, W̱SÁNEĆ) is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Saanich Inlet on the west, Satellite Channel on the north, the small Colburne Passage on the northeast, and Haro Strait on the east. The ...

* 7108 West Saanich Road, Brentwood, BC * 2531 Beacon Ave,

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West Shore * 2945 Jacklin Road,

Langford, BC Langford is a city on southern Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Langford is one of the 13 component municipalities of Greater Victoria and is within the Capital Regional District. Langford was incorporated in 1992 and ...

* 772 Goldstream Ave, Langford, BC - former Western Foods location

References

External links

* Supermarkets of Canada 1963 establishments in British Columbia Retail companies established in 1963 Food and drink companies based in British Columbia {{Canada-company-stub