Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'loblaws'
June 10, 2008
...unless you're a vegetarian. Ziggys Fantastic Foods was a chain of gourmet deli/specialty food shops around the GTA, located in stand-alone locations and within Loblaws stores as part of the grocer's revitalization attempt in the mid-1970s. Their prices were considered high—when complaints of price jumps of up to 89% after the conversion of Loblaws' Yonge and Yorkville store to Ziggys made the front page of The Toronto Star in November 1975, Loblaws president William......
Continue Reading "Vintage Toronto Ads: One of the Great Reasons for Living in Toronto..."April 16, 2008
Have you asked yourself recently "Hey, what happened to the "s" in my local Loblaw's sign?" If so, you probably live in Toronto or Collingwood and are curiously attentive to detail. The missing "s" comes as Loblaw Corporation, parent company of Loblaw's grocery chain, tries out a rebrand at three of their stores. Two of the locations are in Toronto, one on Burnamthorpe, and the other at Yonge Street and Yonge Boulevard (between Lawrence......
Continue Reading "Loblaw's Tests S-Less Stores"March 12, 2008
Toronto principal in controversial controversy over explicit poems he wrote and posted to his website. This is of course the first recorded case ever of somebody getting in trouble for something they wrote on the Internet, and the scandal has sent shock waves through the online community. "Wait, somebody actually reads this shit?" said Patrick Metzger. "Dammit, I better re-emphasize that my erotic snuff story about Geri Halliwell is purely a work of fiction!"......
Continue Reading "Principal In Trouble Over Principles, Don't Drink The Juice, and Who Wants To Be a Fireman?"