Dominion Stores

Dominion Stores
Company typeDivision
Industry
PredecessorAyre and Sons
Foundedcirca 1959; 65 years ago (1959) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (as Ayre's Supermarkets)
Number of locations
11 (2024)
Area served
Newfoundland
ProductsAppliances*, bakery, charcuterie, clothing*, dairy, deli, frozen foods, gardening centre, general grocery, general merchandise, meat & poultry, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks
*Select locations, Seasonal
Brands
ServicesClick and collect (PC Express), community room, dietitian, dry cleaning, fashion (Joe Fresh), liquor store, optical, pharmacy, photo studio (Photolab), smoke shop, walk-in clinic
Select locations
ParentLoblaw Companies
Websitenewfoundlandgrocerystores.ca

Dominion Stores, commonly referred to as simply Dominion, is the primary brand name of the major-market supermarkets of Loblaw Companies Limited in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, currently all located on the island of Newfoundland.

The Newfoundland operations were part of the national Dominion supermarket chain from 1963 to 1987 when that company was split up, with Loblaw acquiring the stores in 1995 but retaining a provincial licence to the Dominion brand. The current owner of the trademark, Metro Inc., which operated the Dominion banner in Ontario until 2008, has no other affiliation with the Newfoundland locations.

Under Loblaw ownership, the chain has shared branding and marketing with other Loblaw operations—particularly, since August 2024, Real Atlantic Superstore and Real Canadian Superstore—while maintaining the historic "Dominion" name.