Who owns your food?

Most of British Columbia's grocery storefronts trace up to a handful of corporate owners — with a long tail of independents. Here are the 1249 BC stores we've mapped, grouped by who ultimately owns them.

A government study from 2023 found that five companies (Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro, Walmart and Costco) take in about 80% of Canada's grocery sales. 2023 Competition Bureau Study

Brand & store counts are storefronts across British Columbia. Pick a region above to narrow it.

The Jim Pattison Group 12 brands 191 stores

• Save-On-Foods 116
• Buy-Low Foods 16
• Nesters Market 13
• Quality Foods 13
• Choices Markets 12
• Urban Fare 5
• PriceSmart Foods 5
• Nature's Fare Markets 5
• Cooper's Foods 2
• AG Foods 2
• Western Foods 1
• Meinhardt Fine Foods 1

Empire Company Limited 6 brands 105 stores

• Safeway (Canada) 41
• Thrifty Foods 25
• IGA (Sobeys-supplied, Canada outside B.C.) 21
• FreshCo 15
• Sobeys 2
• Chalo! FreshCo 1

George Weston Limited 8 brands 100 stores

• No Frills 29
• Real Canadian Superstore 28
• Your Independent Grocer / Independent 16
• T&T Supermarket 12
• Wholesale Club 8
• Loblaws 4
• SuperValu 2
• Extra Foods 1

Walmart Inc. 1 brand 17 stores

• Walmart Supercentre 17

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1 brand 15 stores

• Costco Wholesale 15

Amazon 1 brand 8 stores

• Whole Foods Market 8

Federated Co-operatives Limited 1 brand 7 stores

• Co-op Food Store 7

Independent & specialty grocers 806 stores

• Kin's Farm Market 19
• Bulk Barn 18
• Fruiticana 16
• Country Grocer 12
• Sungiven Foods 9
• H Mart 9
• Fairway Market 9
• Red Barn Market 8
• Sabzi Mandi Supermarket 8
• Fresh St. Market 7
• Persia Foods 6
• Meridian Farm Market 5
• Langley Farm Market 5
• 88 Supermarket 4
• Hannam Supermarket 4
• Askew's Foods 4
• Mi Tierra Latina 4
• City Avenue Market 4
• Pomme Natural Market 3
• Discovery Foods 3
• Day To Day Grocery & Produce 3
• Tru Value Foods 3
• The Source Bulk Foods 2
• Vegan Supply 2
• Chong Lee Market 2
• Foody World 2
• Smart N Save 2
• The Old Farm Market 2
• M&M Food Market 2
• Assi Market (Market Ribbon) 2
• Stong's Market 2
• Fujiya 2
• Co-op Food Store (Otter Co-op) 2
• Bosa Foods 2
• 49th Parallel Grocery 1
• Meiga Supermarket 1
• Ralph's Farm Market 1
• Donald's Market 1
• Sakuraya Japanese Supermarket 1
• Nanyang Asian Supermarket 1
• Los Guerreros Latin Foods 1
• Nourish Market 1
• Lifestyle Markets 1
• Hen Long Market 1
• Aburi Market 1
• Quality Greens 1
• Greens Organic + Natural Market 1
• Konbiniya Japan Centre 1
• Lucky Supermarket 1
• Kootenay Co-op 1
• Peninsula Co-op Food Centre 1
• Kitsilano Natural Foods 1
• Saigon City Market 1
• Famous Foods 1

+ 599 stores at smaller independents across BC

Also in the national ownership graph (no BC stores mapped)

• Metro Inc.