Select Shoppers Drug Mart stores throughout Toronto will be offering fresh groceries such as meat, vegetables and fruit starting from September 20. The Toronto Star has reported that the store on Dundas St. West between Jane St. and Runnymede Rd. will stock pork chops, beefsteak tomatoes and fresh salads for customers, as well as fresh sushi, artisan breads and baked goods. The store also features meat and seafood, produce, prepared meals, and dairy.
“The question that we’re asking ourselves… [is] can we sell more? Can we sell some fresh foods? Could we sell bananas? Could we sell meals that are ready to go? Is that something the Canadian consumer would embrace or would be interested in?” said Loblaw Executive Chairman and President Galen G. Weston at the company’s annual meeting in May.
The testing out process follows Loblaw’s acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart in a $12.4 billion deal a year ago.
