Company Expansion
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Loblaw’s Real Estate Spin off Plans
Loblaw Companies Ltd. announced in December 2012 that it planned to create a real estate investment trust, or REIT, as part of a broader effort to unlock value from its property holdings and raise capital for future growth. The Brampton, Ontario-based grocer said the new trust would hold a large share of its real estate…
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Publix: ‘Where Shopping is a Pleasure’
Publix Super Markets Inc. is a Lakeland, Florida- based supermarket chain established in 1930. George W. Jenkins founded the employee-owned chain by opening a Publix market in Florida at Winter Haven. In 1935, he opened a second store in the same location with the name Economy Food Store, both of which thrived amid the Great…
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