Loblaw Companies

"Loblaw" redirects here. For the supermarket chain, see Loblaws. For other uses, see Loblaw (disambiguation).

Loblaw Companies Limited
Company typePublic subsidiary
TSX: L
IndustryRetail
Founded1919; 105 years ago (1919) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Founders
HeadquartersBrampton, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Products
BrandsSee list
RevenueIncrease CA$59.53 billion (2023)[2]
Increase CA$3.704 billion (2023)[2]
Increase CA$2.187 billion (2023)[2]
Total assetsIncrease CA$38.98 billion (2023)[2]
Total equityIncrease CA$11.62 billion (2023)[2]
Number of employees
220,000 (2023)[2]
ParentGeorge Weston Limited (52.6%; as of 2023)[2]
Subsidiaries
Websiteloblaw.ca

Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel.[3] Loblaw operates a private label program that includes grocery and household items, clothing, baby products, pharmaceuticals, cellular phones, general merchandise and financial services. Loblaw is the largest Canadian food retailer, and its brands include President's Choice, No Name and Joe Fresh.[4] It is controlled by George Weston Limited, a holding company controlled by the Weston family;[5] Galen G. Weston is the chair of the Loblaw board of directors, as well as chair of the board of directors and CEO of Canada-based holding company George Weston.[6]

Most of Loblaw's 136,000 full-time and part-time employees are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers, with the exception of workers at The Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Alberta, who are members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada.[citation needed]

Loblaw's regional food distribution divisions include Westfair Foods Ltd. in Western Canada and Northern Ontario, National Grocers Co. Ltd. in Ontario, Provigo Inc. in Quebec, and Atlantic Wholesalers Ltd. in Atlantic Canada.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Who we are". Loblaw Companies Limited. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Loblaw Annual Report 2023" (PDF). February 21, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Loblaw Companies Limited". www.loblaw.ca. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  4. ^ Loblaw Companies Limited 2010 annual report. Toronto: Loblaw Companies Limited. 2011.
  5. ^ "George Weston Limited – 2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  6. ^ Singsit, Jangoulun (April 20, 2023). "Loblaw hires Per Bank as president and chief executive officer". Retail Insight Network. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  7. ^ NNR (January 4, 2021). "Loblaw Companies Limited". NewsnReleases. Archived from the original on October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.