Atlantic Superstore
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Atlantic Superstore is an upscale supermarket chain of 51 stores in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each of the stores are about 60,000 to 120,000 square feet (5,000 to 10,000 m²) in size on average. The Atlantic Superstore is part of George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited, and is operated under the Atlantic Wholesalers division. In many instances, an Atlantic Superstore was built to replace an Atlantic SuperValu.
The stores carry a variety of goods, including groceries, electronics, housewares, clothing, and generally offer services such as photo finishing and a pharmacy. Many outlets also boast a community room, drive-thru pharmacy, gas bar, liquor store, tobacco shop, as well as a walk-in medical clinic. The gas bars "Superstore at the Pumps" offer a 3.5 cent a liter coupon were provincal laws allow this practice.
Atlantic Superstore has recently added self checkout registers at most of its stores in Nova Scotia. These automated kiosks allow the customer to scans the barcode of the item they wish to purchase, then insert money to pay for the items, and receive any change automatically. The customer no longer needs to interact with a store employee during checkout.
History
- The first store, then known as The Real Atlantic Superstore, opened in August, 1986 in Moncton, New Brunswick. That name was derived from that of fellow Loblaw chain The Real Canadian Superstore. In 1995 the name was shortened and all stores redesigned as part of Atlantic Wholesalers' restructuring of all their grocery banners.
- On June 11, 2006, approximately half of the Barrington Market Superstore in Halifax opened as a downsized and as a separate business to circumvent the Nova Scotia Sunday shopping law. Further Sunday openings are planned for other Nova Scotia locations.
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| George Weston Limited |
| Corporate Directors: A. Charles Baillie | Robert Dart | Peter Eby | Phillip Farmer | Anne Fraser | R. Donald Fullerton | Anthony Graham | Mark Hoffman | Allan Leighton | John Makinson | Robert Prichard | Wendy Rebanks | Galen Weston | Galen G. Weston |
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President's Choice brands: President's Choice | President's Choice Financial | PC Mobile | PC Points Food or drink brands: Arnie's Bagels | Arnold | Boboli | Brownberry | Country Harvest | Entenmann's | Exact | Freihofer | George Weston Bakeries | Interbake Foods | Neilson Dairy | no name | Stroehmann Pennsylvania Dutch Bakers | Thomas' | Wonder Bread (in Canada) Supermarkets: Atlantic Cash & Carry | Atlantic Superstore | Dominion (Newfoundland) | Extra Foods | Fortinos | Loblaws | Maxi | no frills | Provigo | Real Canadian Superstore | SaveEasy | valu-mart | Your Independent Grocer | Zehrs Markets |
| Annual Revenue: .4 billion CAN ( 10% FY 2004) | Employees: 148,000 | Stock Symbol: TSX: [WN] | Website: [www.weston.ca] |
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