Fortinos is a Canadian

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chain that was founded in

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. It operates 23 stores across the western

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. It is owned by

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History

In 1961, Italian immigrant steelworker John Fortino opened his first Fortinos store in

. In 1972, John took on seven partners and opened a second store on

Hamilton Mountain Hamilton is located on the western end of the Niagara Peninsula and wraps around the westernmost part of the Lake Ontario. Most of the city including the downtown section lies along the south shore. Situated in the geographic centre of the Golden ...

. Owing to their growing success, subsequent stores were opened in Hamilton,

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and

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. Fortinos is a European-style 'townsquare' shopping concept (which is experienced in new-store layout (i.e. Rexdale and Vaughan) in which the store is set like a European Street with Bakeshoppe, cheese shoppe, Butchers, Flower Shoppe, etc.; and in some locations allowing the customer to pay in each of those departments. The stores also feature Fortinos Bistro Cafes serving hot Italiano Coffee, baked goods, and fresh- made-to-order wraps and soups. Fortinos slogan is "Your Supermarket with a Heart". Fortinos became a part of

in 1988, but still without the No Name Brand (yellow packages) products. During the 1990s, Fortinos focused on the

, opening stores in Toronto, North York, Etobicoke, Rexdale, Woodbridge, and Markham. John Fortino died of cancer on May 18, 2011 at the age of 76. In 2012 a memorial to the founder was erected at the flagship Mall Road store in Hamilton.

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23 locations:

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* 1961 establishments in Ontario Companies based in Hamilton, Ontario Retail companies established in 1961 Supermarkets of Canada Privately held companies of Canada Canadian companies established in 1961 {{canada-company-stub

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