Torontoist » Dominon http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sun, 27 May 2012 03:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vintage Toronto Ads: Yes, We’re Opening Another Store!

Source: The Toronto Star, March 3, 1932. While the worsening economic conditions of the early 1930s caused many a retailer to retrench their operations, Dominion Stores tried to boost consumer confidence when the grocery chain triumphantly opened a new store at Bloor and Dovercourt in early 1932. As the new location was book-ended by two [...]

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Three years after A&P Canada was purchased by Quebec-based Metro, changes stemming from the deal are becoming evident to shoppers at the company’s Dominion stores in Toronto. The Equality and Master Choice house brands are gradually being replaced with the Selection and Irresistibles labels. Bakery shelves include loaves of Première Moisson bread. Aisles are being [...]

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