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Loblaw Companies Limited Case Study

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Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s leader is food and pharmacy as well as the Canada’s largest retailer and largest wholesale food distributer. It provide many services which includes grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, banking, and wireless mobile products and services. There are three segments that Loblaw Companies Limited operates through: Retail, Financial Services, and Choice Properties. The retail portion of the company consist of retail food and associate-owned drug stores, in-store pharmacies, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, as well as many loyalty programs such as PC Plus and Shoppers Optimum given to consumers. It also provides Loblaw brands which include President’s Choice,

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