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SaveEasy (formerly ''Atlantic Save-Easy'') was a chain of small retail
grocery store
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franchise
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s in the
Atlantic Provinces
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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,
New Brunswick
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,
Nova Scotia
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, and
Prince Edward Island
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, owned by
Loblaw Companies
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.
The chain was owned by
Atlantic Wholesalers Ltd. of
Sackville, New Brunswick
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, and the first SaveEasy opened in 1959, followed by rapid expansion to quickly become the region's second-largest grocery banner, behind
Sobeys
Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, with over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales o ...
.
Loblaws entered the Maritime provinces in 1976 when they purchased Atlantic Wholesalers. During a period of restructuring SaveEasy stores introduced Loblaw house brands such as
No Name during the recession of the early 1980s, and SaveEasy's logo was updated to match the
Loblaws
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logo. In some instances, certain SaveEasy stores were converted from franchise-owned to corporate-owned stores, and their name was changed to the "
No Frills" brand during this time. There were also some larger SaveEasy stores that carried the name SaveEasy Warehouse Foods, that were typically found in shopping malls, while most SaveEasy stores were stand-alone locations.
Most SaveEasy stores in urban areas were closed or converted to the larger
Atlantic SuperValu or the mega-size
Atlantic Superstore
Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain operates 54 stores in the Maritimes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It is owned by George Weston Limited through Loblaw Companies Limited, and operates unde ...
concepts, and the remaining Atlantic SaveEasy stores were redesigned.
The SaveEasy name, with a few exceptions, is now usually found in small towns and rural areas while the Atlantic SuperValu brand has largely disappeared as the company standardized its brands.
While still considered a separate chain, in 2008, SaveEasy adopted branding very similar to that of
Quebec
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's
Provigo
Provigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. It operates a retailing chain of stores and distribution warehouses. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited.
The chain ...
, also owned by Loblaw. The "P" in the Provigo logo is changed to an "S", and the SaveEasy slogan "So quick, so good!", is a translation of Provigo's "Si vite, si bon!"
On November 4, 2014, Loblaws announced that the SaveEasy brand would be phased out in favor of its
Your Independent Grocer
Your Independent Grocer (YIG), known colloquially as "Independent" or "Yours" is a supermarket chain in Canada with more than 100 locations. It has stores in every province and territory except Manitoba, Nunavut, and Quebec. It is a unit of Nati ...
brand in use in the rest of Canada. The changeover was completed in 2016.
Locations
New Brunswick
25 locations:
Newfoundland and Labrador
5 locations:
Nova Scotia
15 locations:
Prince Edward Island
4 locations:
See also
*
List of supermarkets
As of September 2020, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name. For supermarkets that are only in one country, see ...
References
External links
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Canadian companies established in 1959
Retail companies established in 1959
Retail companies disestablished in 2014
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Companies based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cuisine of Atlantic Canada
Food and drink companies based in Nova Scotia