Highland Farms Inc. is a
Canadian
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family-owned regional
supermarket chain in the
Greater Toronto Area. Highland Farms was founded in 1963 by brothers Charles Coppa and John Louis "Louie" Coppa, with their first location at 1558
Queen Street West
Queen Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street in the west to Victoria Park Avenue in the east. Queen Street was the cartographic baseline for the original east ...
in
Toronto
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. Highland Farms grew from operating a single moderately sized grocery outlet to five locations (at its peak) across the GTA in
Vaughan
Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increas ...
,
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
,
Mississauga and
North York.
The Coppa family split the company between the two brothers in 2013 with three former Highland Farms stores in
North York,
Vaughan
Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increas ...
, and
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
being rebranded as
Coppa's Fresh Market under a new company owned by Louie Coppa.
The headquarters of the company is co-located with its Mississauga outlet at 50 Matheson Boulevard East, in northern Mississauga.
Locations
The supermarket chain consists of three stores, one each in
Mississauga (flagship store and head office),
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
and
Vaughan
Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increas ...
.
See also
*
List of supermarket chains in Canada
This is a list of supermarket chains in Canada. For supermarkets operating in other countries, see ''List of supermarket chains.''
Major chains
*Georgia Main Food Group operates:
**Fresh St. Market
**IGA (supermarkets), IGA / MarketPlace IGA in B ...
References
External links
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{{Canadian Supermarkets
1963 establishments in Ontario
Companies based in Mississauga
Retail companies established in 1963
Supermarkets of Canada
Privately held companies of Canada
Canadian companies established in 1963
Family-owned companies of Canada