Looks like the Loblaws that's barely visible at the left edge of the first photo is no longer standing and would have been about where the current Pizza Nova is located.
Four shots of Mount Pleasant Road taken on this day in 1951, 75 years ago.
You can see many more images like these in our current exhibition, Subseries 58: Department of Public Works, Roadway Photographs.
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You can see many more images like these in our current exhibition, Subseries 58: Department of Public Works, Roadway Photographs.
https://ow.ly/yryb50ZQihu
![A view of the west side of Mount Pleasant Road, looking south from Manor Road East. A corner store has a sign that reads, "Patterson Foundry & Machine Co., Manufaturers of Satisfactory Machiner[y] for the Process Industr[y]". Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 2202.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cw7ljgrm5eiujymoiwpy4jua/bafkreib7ayota4cmi2o4grm6huut2biosvz3y7dpgtvkloody2yutoytqy)
October 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Looks like the Loblaws that's barely visible at the left edge of the first photo is no longer standing and would have been about where the current Pizza Nova is located.
Yah. Fortino’s was a very successful independent and locally owned grocery store years ago in the Hamilton area. Weston’s bought them out and kept the name in Hamilton but for all intents and purposes, it’s a Loblaws.
October 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Yah. Fortino’s was a very successful independent and locally owned grocery store years ago in the Hamilton area. Weston’s bought them out and kept the name in Hamilton but for all intents and purposes, it’s a Loblaws.
Fortino’s is owned by Loblaws - Galen Weston (the snake).
October 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Fortino’s is owned by Loblaws - Galen Weston (the snake).
I don't know what Fortino's is. The only Loblaws stores we have in Manitoba is Superstore and No Frills and Shoppers
October 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I don't know what Fortino's is. The only Loblaws stores we have in Manitoba is Superstore and No Frills and Shoppers
😆 down to my last 10. Loblaws will be my new hook up
October 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
😆 down to my last 10. Loblaws will be my new hook up
Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro in Canada have started replacing their pricing signs with the new digital ones that can do surveillance prices.
What is surveillance pricing and is it coming to a grocery store near you?
Canada’s top grocers have switched to electronic shelf labels. Could the technology enable individualized pricing? Find out more.
financialpost.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro in Canada have started replacing their pricing signs with the new digital ones that can do surveillance prices.
Is there GST or VAT on this purchase? There should be.
#canada #loblaws #boots
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’ | Boots | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/boots-owner-sale-canada-weston-family
#canada #loblaws #boots
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’ | Boots | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/boots-owner-sale-canada-weston-family
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Is there GST or VAT on this purchase? There should be.
#canada #loblaws #boots
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’ | Boots | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/boots-owner-sale-canada-weston-family
#canada #loblaws #boots
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’ | Boots | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/boots-owner-sale-canada-weston-family
Every month, I choose a photo for my journal that sums up the mood of the previous four weeks and wow, does this shot of the drone monstrosity Loblaws unleashed over King St. during TIFF to promote their AI health-data-hoarding chatbot ever deliver 😡
October 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Every month, I choose a photo for my journal that sums up the mood of the previous four weeks and wow, does this shot of the drone monstrosity Loblaws unleashed over King St. during TIFF to promote their AI health-data-hoarding chatbot ever deliver 😡
He's just angry that the supply contract didn't go through Loblaws
September 30, 2026 at 11:43 PM
He's just angry that the supply contract didn't go through Loblaws
Loblaws,Sobey's & Metro Inc put the bottom line($) 1st over their customers,cuz even if it's publicly traded,then it's dividends,none of which benefits 80% of Canadians.The Weston & Sobey families involved in the fraudulent bread pricing issue is an eg that they,like all billionaires,are greedy.
September 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Loblaws,Sobey's & Metro Inc put the bottom line($) 1st over their customers,cuz even if it's publicly traded,then it's dividends,none of which benefits 80% of Canadians.The Weston & Sobey families involved in the fraudulent bread pricing issue is an eg that they,like all billionaires,are greedy.
Loblaws took in billions in revenue, they'll be fine w smaller margins
It's more important that people get affordable food than corporations make profits.
It is corporate greed stealing from Canadians which causes high grocery prices.
The issue is you're a corporate owned puppet
It's more important that people get affordable food than corporations make profits.
It is corporate greed stealing from Canadians which causes high grocery prices.
The issue is you're a corporate owned puppet
September 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Loblaws took in billions in revenue, they'll be fine w smaller margins
It's more important that people get affordable food than corporations make profits.
It is corporate greed stealing from Canadians which causes high grocery prices.
The issue is you're a corporate owned puppet
It's more important that people get affordable food than corporations make profits.
It is corporate greed stealing from Canadians which causes high grocery prices.
The issue is you're a corporate owned puppet
🎉 @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social Director Muhammad Mamdani is quoted in this @torontolifemag.bsky.social article.
Loblaw's new #health #chatbot reportedly answered 100,000 questions in its first week.
torontolife.com/city/loblaws...
#MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTech
Loblaw's new #health #chatbot reportedly answered 100,000 questions in its first week.
torontolife.com/city/loblaws...
#MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTech
Loblaw's new health chatbot reportedly answered 100,000 questions in its first week - Toronto Life
Canada's physician shortage has been really good for business
torontolife.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
🎉 @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social Director Muhammad Mamdani is quoted in this @torontolifemag.bsky.social article.
Loblaw's new #health #chatbot reportedly answered 100,000 questions in its first week.
torontolife.com/city/loblaws...
#MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTech
Loblaw's new #health #chatbot reportedly answered 100,000 questions in its first week.
torontolife.com/city/loblaws...
#MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTech
Is it a Loblaws gift card I can use to buy bread?
September 30, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Is it a Loblaws gift card I can use to buy bread?
From now on I'm bringing my sharpie grocery shopping. Getting sick and tired of having to check every peice of produce. We know they are doing this on purpose #Sobeys #Safeway #Superstore #Loblaws #Walmart #SaveOnFoods #Metro
September 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
From now on I'm bringing my sharpie grocery shopping. Getting sick and tired of having to check every peice of produce. We know they are doing this on purpose #Sobeys #Safeway #Superstore #Loblaws #Walmart #SaveOnFoods #Metro
We could be supporting our local farmers and vendors far better if #TimHouston put funding directly into local farmers markets instead of feeding large businesses such as #Sobeys #Loblaws #Walmart just so they can advertise local products.
Companies who repeatedly have lied to consumer's
Companies who repeatedly have lied to consumer's
Nova Scotia Needs More Market Co-op's To Support Our Local Vendors & Farmers
YouTube video by TalksWithNerds
youtube.com
September 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We could be supporting our local farmers and vendors far better if #TimHouston put funding directly into local farmers markets instead of feeding large businesses such as #Sobeys #Loblaws #Walmart just so they can advertise local products.
Companies who repeatedly have lied to consumer's
Companies who repeatedly have lied to consumer's
But there are plenty of options for everyone too. I have several grocery stores within a 10 minute drive. Loblaws and No Frills from the Loblaws family, Farm Boy and FreshCo from the Sobey's family, Metro and Food Basics from the Metro family, plus Walmart and Costco. There is competition.
September 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
But there are plenty of options for everyone too. I have several grocery stores within a 10 minute drive. Loblaws and No Frills from the Loblaws family, Farm Boy and FreshCo from the Sobey's family, Metro and Food Basics from the Metro family, plus Walmart and Costco. There is competition.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Loblaws often promotes Driscoll's even when Canadian berries are in season.
#food
#cdnpoli
Loblaws often promotes Driscoll's even when Canadian berries are in season.
#food
#cdnpoli
Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
www.cbc.ca
September 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Loblaws often promotes Driscoll's even when Canadian berries are in season.
#food
#cdnpoli
Loblaws often promotes Driscoll's even when Canadian berries are in season.
#food
#cdnpoli
Again, you have the choice to support that or not. If you choose not to boycott Loblaws because they have a specific kind of apple that you can't get elsewhere maybe you aren't as worried about labour, customers doing unpaid labour, or one person doing multiple jobs than you believe you are.
September 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Again, you have the choice to support that or not. If you choose not to boycott Loblaws because they have a specific kind of apple that you can't get elsewhere maybe you aren't as worried about labour, customers doing unpaid labour, or one person doing multiple jobs than you believe you are.
Not from me. I’ve been in a Loblaws twice in about 6 years. And I do not miss them.
September 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Not from me. I’ve been in a Loblaws twice in about 6 years. And I do not miss them.
Same same. Costco, we do most of our veggies through OddBunch, which is fantastic company, and some stuff at a local fruit market. Loblaws is mostly for picking up things like apples in varieties smaller places don’t have. Need my kids to eat a fruit.
September 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Same same. Costco, we do most of our veggies through OddBunch, which is fantastic company, and some stuff at a local fruit market. Loblaws is mostly for picking up things like apples in varieties smaller places don’t have. Need my kids to eat a fruit.
I have never seen this at a Loblaws. That’s wild
September 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I have never seen this at a Loblaws. That’s wild
The new normal at large grocery stores. 11 cash registers, zero cashiers working. Everyone funnelled into self-service, while one person at customer service doubles as an impromptu cashier for the elderly while also handling the customer service line. Loblaws continues to make record profits.
September 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The new normal at large grocery stores. 11 cash registers, zero cashiers working. Everyone funnelled into self-service, while one person at customer service doubles as an impromptu cashier for the elderly while also handling the customer service line. Loblaws continues to make record profits.
The Loblaws chatbot will give you PC Optimum points everytime you ask it about white genocide in South Africa.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Loblaw's PC Health launches chatbot as more people turn to AI for health info. Here's what to know
Loblaw Companies Limited’s PC Health launched an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot earlier this month, and the company says it processed more than 100,000 questions in its first week.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The Loblaws chatbot will give you PC Optimum points everytime you ask it about white genocide in South Africa.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Tragically*, I already have most of your books, so I tipped you enough (I hope) for a small cake or what-have-you at whatever Loblaws-owned subsidiary is closest. Or potatoes. You do you!
*oh the pain! How I suffer! Having lots of fun books to read sucks!
*oh the pain! How I suffer! Having lots of fun books to read sucks!
September 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Tragically*, I already have most of your books, so I tipped you enough (I hope) for a small cake or what-have-you at whatever Loblaws-owned subsidiary is closest. Or potatoes. You do you!
*oh the pain! How I suffer! Having lots of fun books to read sucks!
*oh the pain! How I suffer! Having lots of fun books to read sucks!