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Loblaw Companies Limited

subsidiary · HQ Canada

Ownership

Canada's largest food and pharmacy retailer (TSX: L); describes itself as 'Canada's food and pharmacy leader' and 'the nation's largest retailer' with more than 2,400 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned locations. Publicly traded but controlled by George Weston Limited, which beneficially owned 162,825,925 common shares, approximately 52.5% of Loblaw's outstanding common shares as of March 11, 2024, and 'Weston is controlled by Mr. Galen G. Weston' (Loblaw 2024 management proxy circular). Loblaw operates a mix of corporate and independently operated (franchised) grocery banners and has more than 500 franchise food retail stores in its network (George Weston 2024 Annual Report). Loblaw acquired T&T Supermarket in 2009 through its subsidiary Loblaws Inc. [1][2][3]

Brands (13)

Other holdings (15)

Businesses and brands these owners hold beyond grocery storefronts.

Food & beverage

  • No Name House brands — Loblaw's value-priced generic private-label line of grocery and household products in its signature yellow packaging; launched March 21, 1978. [4][5]
  • President's Choice (PC) House brands — Loblaw's flagship premium private-label brand covering food, household goods and services; launched in 1984. [6][5]

Non-food & other

  • Joe Fresh Apparel — Loblaw's apparel and clothing brand, created by designer Joe Mimran and launched in 2006; sold in grocery stores and standalone outlets. [7][5]
  • PC Express E-commerce — Loblaw's online grocery ordering service offering pickup and delivery across its grocery and drug-store banners. [5]
  • President's Choice Bank / PC Financial Financial services — Loblaw's financial-services arm (President's Choice Bank, PC Mastercard credit card with 2M+ accounts, PC Money Account, and PC Financial insurance entities); Loblaw signed a definitive agreement on December 3, 2025 to sell this business to Equitable Bank (EQB) for ~$800 million, while retaining PC Optimum. [8][9]
  • Loblaw gas station / petroleum business Fuel — Loblaw's network of 213 grocery-adjacent retail gas stations; sold to Brookfield Business Partners for ~CA$540 million in a deal completed July 2017 and subsequently rebranded to Mobil. Loblaw now participates in fuel only via a PC Optimum loyalty partnership with Imperial Oil/Esso (since 2018). [10][11]
  • Life Brand Health — Shoppers Drug Mart's exclusive private-label brand of over-the-counter medications, vitamins, first aid and personal care products (over 2,000 SKUs); Shoppers is a Loblaw division. [12][13]
  • Lifemark Health Group Health — Canada's largest physiotherapy and community-rehabilitation provider (300+ clinics); acquired through subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart for aggregate cash consideration of $845 million, completed May 10, 2022. [14][15]
  • Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network Health — Shoppers Drug Mart unit providing specialty drug distribution, pharmacy and comprehensive patient-support services; Shoppers is a Loblaw division. [12]
  • Wellwise by Shoppers Health — Shoppers Drug Mart's home health-care retail chain selling mobility, sleep-therapy and active-lifestyle products; Loblaw/Shoppers agreed in January 2025 to sell its 42 Wellwise locations to Verillium Health Care, closing in Q1 2025. [16][12]
  • PC Optimum Loyalty — Loblaw's loyalty/rewards program, formed by merging PC Plus and Shoppers Optimum and launched February 1, 2018; remains owned and operated by Loblaw even after the December 2025 agreement to sell the PC Financial banking business to EQB. [17][8]
  • Quo Beauty Other — Shoppers Drug Mart's private-label cosmetics and beauty brand (cruelty-free, PETA-certified); Shoppers is a Loblaw division. [13]
  • MediSystem Pharmacy Pharmacy — Shoppers Drug Mart-owned specialty pharmacy supplying medication and clinical services to long-term care facilities and retirement communities; Shoppers is a Loblaw division. [12][18]
  • Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix Pharmacy — Canada's largest pharmacy and beauty retailer, operating as Pharmaprix in Quebec; acquired by Loblaw in a deal that closed March 28, 2014 (announced 2013, valued at ~CA$12.4 billion) and run as a separate operating division. [19][5][12]
  • PC Mobile Technology — Loblaw's prepaid wireless mobile phone service offered under the President's Choice brand. [6][5]

Sources

  1. Who we are | Loblaw Companies Ltd. — Loblaw Companies Limited
  2. Loblaw Companies Limited Management Proxy Circular (2024) — Loblaw Companies Limited
  3. George Weston Limited 2024 Annual Report — George Weston Limited
  4. No Name (brand) — Wikipedia
  5. Loblaw Companies — Wikipedia
  6. President's Choice — Wikipedia
  7. Joe Fresh — Wikipedia
  8. EQB redefines challenger banking in Canada with agreement to acquire PC Financial from Loblaw — PR Newswire (EQB)
  9. President's Choice Financial — Wikipedia
  10. Loblaw sells chain of 213 gas stations to Brookfield for $540M — CBC News
  11. Loblaw and Imperial expand partnership to allow millions of Canadians to earn and redeem PC Optimum points at Esso stations; Esso Extra program to retire — Imperial Oil Newsroom
  12. Shoppers Drug Mart — Wikipedia
  13. Our brands — Shoppers Drug Mart (corporate)
  14. Loblaw completes $845 million acquisition of Lifemark Health Group to expand Shoppers Drug Mart's healthcare services — Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG)
  15. Loblaw Companies Limited completes acquisition of Lifemark Health Group — Shoppers Drug Mart (corporate)
  16. Verillium Health Care and Shoppers Drug Mart sign agreement for Verillium to acquire Wellwise by Shoppers — CNW / Newswire (Loblaw)
  17. PC Optimum — Wikipedia
  18. Shoppers Drug Mart Opens Edmonton MediSystem Location Providing Pharmacy Services for Seniors in Long Term Care — Loblaw / CNW Newswire
  19. Loblaw Companies Limited Completes Acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation — CNW / Newswire (Loblaw)