Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger Stores Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
FounderGordon Reid
Headquarters2480 Walkley Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 6A9
Key people
Gino DiGioacchino (CEO)
Number of employees
8,000
Websitegianttiger.com

Giant Tiger Stores Limited is a Canadian discount store chain which operates over 260 stores across Canada.[1] The company's stores operate under the Giant Tiger banner in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan; under the GTExpress and Scott's Discount banners in Ontario and under the Tigre Géant banner in Quebec.

As of 2021, the chain reported annual sales of roughly $2 billion and employed about 10,000 people.[2] Its headquarters are located on Walkley Road in Ottawa. In 2018, the company opened a 600,000-square-foot (55,742 m2) distribution centre in Johnstown, halfway between Montreal and Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario's Highway 401 and Highway 416.[3]

It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada.[4]

  1. ^ Williston, Victoria (May 3, 2021). "Ottawa-born retailer Giant Tiger celebrates 60th birthday". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Giant Tiger discount chain growing". Toronto Star. May 11, 2021, p. B2.
  3. ^ "Media Releases". www.gianttiger.com.
  4. ^ Edwards, Danielle (November 20, 2019). "Did you know you're entitled to $10 off a wrongly priced item under the Scanner Price Accuracy Code?". National Post. Retrieved November 28, 2021.