Loblaw
Grocery and pharmacy retail · Canada
Loblaw is Canada's largest food and pharmacy retailer, running about 2,500 grocery stores and Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies under banners such as Loblaws, No Frills and Real Canadian Superstore, tied together by its President's Choice brands and PC Optimum loyalty program.
What makes it different
Its own brands are a third of grocery sales.
~33%Control brands share of grocery salesFY2025
President's Choice and no name let Loblaw earn a retailer's and a brand owner's margin on the same products.
How big it is
How big is Loblaw?
2,504Stores2026
220,000Colleagues and employeesFY2025
C$63.9BRevenueFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Groceries first, then the pharmacy counter.
- Food retail71%C$45.2B
- Pharmacy and healthcare services16%C$9.9B
- Drug store front-store sales14%C$8.7B
How the business works
Own the brands, the stores, the points.
- 1Groceries across price tiers
- 2Prescriptions at Shoppers
- 3PC Optimum points everywhere
One loyalty program links grocery and pharmacy, so data from 18 million members drives offers and its own brands.
Who owns it
- George Weston Limited52.6%
- Galen G. Weston (direct)0.2%
CEO: Per Bank
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1919First Loblaw Groceterias store opens
- 1947W. Garfield Weston buys into Loblaw
- 1978no name brand launches
- 1984President’s Choice products debut
- 2014Acquires Shoppers Drug Mart
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Loblaw's own reports.
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What Loblaw tracks14 metrics
Stores
Active PC Optimum members
Associate-owned drug stores
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
The full timeline20 moments
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