Loblaw to open new no name discount store in Brockville, Ont.
Loblaw is opening a new ultra-discount grocery store in Brockville, Ont. this fall.
The "value-based no name store" will help customers "save up to 20 per cent on everyday grocery and household essentials," Loblaw Companies Ltd. said in a statement on Thursday, adding it will lower operating costs and carry only a "targeted assortment of products."
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In a media release, Loblaw said the new no name stores will have "no refrigeration (no dairy or fresh meat products)." The stores will have a "small range of frozen food items," along with pantry staples, household necessities and shelf-stable bakery and produce items, according to the company.
Three pilot stores will open in Brockville, St. Catharines and Windsor.
The Brockville store will be located at 2399 Parkedale Ave. and is expected to open the last week of October, the company said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa.
"Our goal is simple – providing food and essential household items across a limited range of national brands and no name brand products at our lowest possible price," Per Bank, President and CEO of Loblaw, said in a statement. "Since food inflation took off globally, we have been laser-focused on doing what we can to keep prices lower for customers, including opening more discount food locations in more parts of the country. This new test concept allows us to pass on lower prices to our customers – it's a completely different and simplified shopping experience."
Loblaw says the no name stores will reduce operating costs through several measures, including:
- Shorter operating hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- "Smaller assortment means the store is less complicated to run," Loblaw said
- Limited marketing and no flyers
- Fewer weekly deliveries, reducing logistic costs
- Reused fixtures to minimize building costs
The Canadian Press reported the stores will have no self-checkouts to begin with.
Bank told The Canadian Press that two-thirds of the products will be below $5, and just under 60 per cent will be No Name or President's Choice brands.
"No, there will not be coupons for the store but an everyday low price of up to 20 per cent less than comparable products at discount grocery stores," Loblaw said.
--With files from CTV News Ottawa's Natalie van Rooy
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