Loblaw news

Canada's leading retailer, Loblaw, has opened its first Real Atlantic Superstore format in over a decade. We look at the concept which features the latest conventional neighbourhood model décor. Built for the future This is a new build store, located in a growing community within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is expected to experience sustainable population growth for many years to ...

With Loblaw seeing continued strength in Q1, we look at how it’s preparing for a tougher second quarter as it laps the surge in demand from last year. Q1 key numbers Retail segment sales increased 0.7% to $11.7bn Food retail same-store sales up 0.1% Drug retail same-store sales down 1.7%. While pharmacy same-store sales increased 3.5%, front store same-store sales fell 6.4% Ecom...

Loblaw is making a series of leadership changes as its parent company, George Weston Limited, launches a process to sell Weston Foods, to focus its efforts on its retail and real estate businesses. Galen G Weston returns as president The key change at Loblaw sees the retirement of president, Sarah Davis. She will be succeeded by executive chairman, Galen G Weston, who will become chairman a...

We look at Loblaw’s fourth quarter and full year performance, including the growth of ecommerce and what it’s doing to improve channel profitability. Q4 and full year key numbers Fourth quarter total revenue increased by 7.1% to $12.4bn, with retail segment sales up 7.5% to $12.2bn Food retail same-store sales growth of 8.6%, with its Market division delivering growth of 10.6%, and Di...

Loblaw has launched its partnership with Loop, the circular ecommerce platform developed by TerraCycle, to offer a range products in refillable packaging. Offering branded and private label products Having announced the partnership in 2019, Loblaw has initially launched in the Ontario market. Customers can shop for a range of food and household products in refillable packaging, including ic...

Canada’s leading food retailer, Loblaw, has acquired the technology and related team from Eyereturn Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation to support the growth of Loblaw Media. Enhancing targeted campaigns and promotions The retailer launched Loblaw Media last year with the aim of capturing a greater share of brands’ spending on digital marketing. This acquisition will enable ...

Loblaw is partnering with Gatik to deploy a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles to transport goods from its automated picking facility to retail locations in Toronto. Expanding 10-month pilot programme Starting next January, this will build on a 10-month on-road pilot which has been underway in Toronto using one delivery vehicle. Gatik will upfit five Ford Transit 350 box trucks with refr...

We review Loblaw’s third quarter performance, including how its supporting ecommerce growth, expanding its meal solutions offer and investing in pricing within its discount business. Q3 key numbers Total revenue up 6.9% to $15.7bn Retail segment sales up 7.2% to $15.5bn Food retail same-store sales increased 6.9%; market division up 9.7%, discount up 4.7% Drug retail same-store ...

Loblaw has partnered with League, Canada’s leading health operating system (health OS) technology provider, to launch the PC Health app. National roll-out planned over the next few months The PC Health app maintains the PC branding related to its President’s Choice private label. Through the app, Canadians will have free access to registered nurses and dietitians, who can provide advice and...

Loblaw’s drugstore chain, Shoppers Drug Mart, has expanded its online offer, with the launch of additional categories. Building on an established platform Having initially been launched as a beauty-led portal, the retailer’s ecommerce service has expanded to include health, personal care, baby and child and electronics categories. The retailer first launched its beauty offer in 2015, with a...