Sobeys rebranding Co-op Atlantic stores

Sobeys is rebranding a number of Co-op grocery stores and gas stations it recently purchased in Atlantic Canada.

As part of a deal that saw Co-op Atlantic sell its grocery distribution system to Sobeys, the national grocery chain also picked up five corporately-owned grocery stores and five gas bars.

The former Co-op grocery stores will mostly become Foodland stores.

• Quispamsis, NB Foodland
• Sackville, NB Foodland
• Milford, NS Foodland
• Walker Drive, Charlottetown, PEI Foodland
• North Rustico, PEI Clover Farm

The gas stations will mostly be converted to Shell.

• Glace Bay, NS Shell
• Wilbur Street, Moncton, NB Shell
• Corner Brook, NL Shell
• Quispamsis, NB Fast Fuel
• Walker Drive, Charlottetown, PEI Shell

Sobeys says it has completed dealsto be the wholesale supplier to all but two of 49 member-owned Co-op locations and is close tofinalizing long-term supply or franchise agreements with them.

Co-op Atlantic still owns four stores that were not included in the Sobeys deal, including one in Charlottetown.

Company spokesman Mike Randall said now that the Sobeys deal is complete Co-op will review the operation of the remaining stores. Randall said that review should be completed quickly, with the fate of those stores decided by early next week.