Number of food stores in Canada by type 2018

In 2018, there were almost 7,000 unaffiliated independent food stores and roughly 2,500 supermarket chain food stores in Canada. Food store sales At nearly 32 billion Canadian dollars, food stores in Ontario generated the highest sales numbers out of any province in Canada in 2018. Just over 60 percent of those sales were generated by chain food stores, while the remainder were made by independent stores. Chains generated the highest sales numbers in all regions in Canada, except for Québec, where over 60 percent of food store sales were made in independent stores. Sobeys Inc. Sobeys is the second-largest food retail company in Canada. Founded over 100 years ago, the company is headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, and employs over 120,000 people today. In 2018, Sobeys operated approximately 1,900 units across all ten provinces, placing the company between Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Metro Inc., in terms of store count. In 2019, Sobeys generated an estimated 25 billion Canadian dollars in revenue, which was a slight increase compared to the year before.

2018年，加拿大独立食品零售店数量接近7000家，超市连锁店大约有2500家。在安大略省，食品零售店的销售总额达到了约320亿加拿大元，成为加拿大各省中销售额最高的省份。其中，约60%的销售额由连锁食品店创造，剩余部分则由独立店铺贡献。连锁店在加拿大所有地区都创造了最高的销售额，唯独在魁北克省，超过60%的食品店销售额由独立店铺产生。Sobeys Inc. 作为加拿大第二大的食品零售公司，成立于一个多世纪之前，总部位于新斯科舍省的Stellarton，目前拥有超过12万名员工。2018年，Sobeys在加拿大十个省份运营了约1900个店铺，使其在店铺数量上介于Loblaw Companies Ltd. 和 Metro Inc. 之间。2019年，Sobeys的营收估计达到了250亿加拿大元，相较于前一年略有增长。