Canada store visits

Our store visit reports feature floor plans, store photos and full commentary written by our team of international retail experts. Dozens of reports are made every year of stores that feature new concepts in food and grocery retail.

Store of the month: October 2023: Fortinos Waterdown, Canada

02/10/2023

See inside our pick for October’s store of the month, Fortinos Waterdown. The store is a masterclass in experiential retail. Discover how the retailer has amplified its fresh and foodservice credentials at this flagship location.

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Store of the month: December 2022: Save-On-Foods, Coquitlam, Canada

1/12/2022

See inside our pick for December's store of the month, Save-On-Foods, Coquitlam, Canada. It is a new innovative flagship store which showcases fresh foods at their best and raises the bar with its restaurant quality foodservice proposition.

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The features behind Walmart Canada’s most sustainable store

02/11/2023

We look inside Walmart’s most sustainable store to date in Canada to discover its unique features. This store also features a new design concept.

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Inside Circle K’s connected lab store

12/09/2023

We look inside Couche-Tard’s connected lab store to discover the technologies shaping the future of convenience retailing.

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How Fortinos delivers an elevated fresh and foodservice experience

11/09/2023

Fortinos Waterdown is a masterclass in experiential retail. Discover how the retailer has amplified its fresh and foodservice credentials at this flagship location.

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Farm Boy’s urban shopping experience

12/07/2023

Discover the format that is spearheading Sobeys' push into urban locations.

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Circle K: playing to its strengths

13/04/2023

Discover how Circle K has optimised a small footprint store to build an offer around its strengths in cold and hot drinks, food-to-go and impulse ranges.

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Metro Canada - adapting the store to local needs

01/03/2023

How Metro is flexing its categories and model to adapt to local shopper needs and trends.

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Fresh St. Market: leaving a lasting impression

26/01/2023

Step inside the retailer’s latest opening to discover an innovative design concept and exceptional food experience.

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The building blocks of Save-On-Foods' flagship supermarket

08/12/2022

We highlight 12 elements which have been refocused to create a new flagship supermarket for one of Canada’s leading retailers.

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Inside Food Basics’ urban discount format

04/04/2022

Discover how Metro has evolved its discount format to better meet the needs of urban shoppers in Canada's largest city.

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How Loblaw raised the bar for prepared foods

02/02/2022

For the first time, Loblaw has extended its Pane Fresco brand beyond its Fortinos banner, enabling the retailer to deliver a new proposition for bakery and prepared foods. We recently visited its flagship Toronto store to see how it continues to raise the bar in these areas.

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