Loblaw news

Loblaw is extending the range of products that it offers online through the development of an online marketplace. Extended range and supplier partnerships Through this new marketplace, Loblaw will offer an extended range of brands and products across baby, toy, home, kitchen and pet categories. Although the retailer offers a broad general-merchandise offer through its hypermarkets, this wil...

The latest results from Walmart and Loblaw indicate a challenging time for non-food categories in Canada. We look at what this could mean for the future of the hypermarket in the country. Popular with Canadian shoppers Walmart and Loblaw account for almost all hypermarkets trading in Canada, over 500 stores in total. Offering a blend of food and non-food items, it has been a popular forma...

We review Loblaw’s third quarter performance and its plans to drive stronger growth in its food business. Top line results Loblaw’s third quarter retail revenue increased by 2.2% to $14.4bn. Revenue through its drugstores increased by 4.3% with food retail revenue up 1.5%. On a same-store sales basis, drug retail was up 4.1% and food retail up 0.1%, or by 1.0% accounting for the shift in th...

Loblaw becomes the latest retailer to partner with Takeoff Technologies to automate in-store grocery ecommerce picking. Adding capacity to the PC Express service Loblaw is investing in its PC Express grocery ecommerce service by building an automated picking facility within one of its stores in the Greater Toronto area. The partnership with Takeoff Technologies is expected to launch next ye...

Loblaw’s drugstore business, Shoppers Drug Mart, is partnering with SmileDirectClub, Inc. to test the company’s SmileShop concept. This will be piloted within two drugstores initially in the Ontario market. Lowering healthcare costs SmileDirectClub operates SmileShops in 300 locations in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland. It expanded into Canada last year, with Smil...

Loblaw has opened a new store-front, PC Express, in downtown Toronto where customers can pick up their online grocery orders. Over 700 pickup points across Canada Loblaw is the leading online grocery ecommerce retailer in Canada. Over the last few years it has developed a network of over 700 pickup points and launched an on-demand delivery service in partnership with Instacart. While most o...

Loblaw’s Shoppers Drug Mart chain has launched a new campaign, The Beauty Project, showcasing beauty and skincare ranges curated by seven beauty enthusiasts. Curated collections The Beauty Project features existing products within Shoppers Drug Mart’s ranges. They have been selected by enthusiasts which include a stylist and influencer, a musician, a make-up artist and an entrepreneur. Each...

We review Loblaw’s second quarter performance, including how its data-driven approach to trading impacted its food retail performance. Strongest drug retail performance in three years Loblaw’s Q2 revenue increased by 2.9% to $11.1bn, with retail segment sales up 2.9% to $10.9bn. Food retail same-store sales increased 0.6%, while drug retail same-store sales were up 4.0%. The latter represen...

Loblaw is expanding its food waste programme with Flashfood to additional stores across Canada. Products purchased through the Flashfood app The Flashfood app enables Loblaw customers to purchase food items nearing expiration at a reduced price, with discounts of up to 50%. Earlier this year, Loblaw launched the programme in 139 stores in Quebec. This has been extended to its Real Canadian ...

Canada’s leading food retailer, Loblaw, has launched several new plant-based products as part of its President’s Choice private label range. Strong on-shelf identity The new range covers several different product categories including frozen desserts and meat-less burgers. Using a green design concept, which incorporates a new ‘Plant-Based’ leaf logo, the products can be easily identified on...