# LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD

Summary updated: 2026-10-02T10:07:12.575122Z
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## Overview

Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer operating in food, pharmacy, health and beauty. Its core businesses are food retail and drug retail, including grocery stores, pharmacies, and related healthcare services. The company describes its purpose as helping Canadians “Live Life Well.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134834613)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134834615)[3](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/who-we-are/)

Loblaw’s operations are focused on Canada, where the company reports more than 2,400 stores and 190,000 full- and part-time positions. [3](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/who-we-are/) Revenue was C$63.9 billion in fiscal 2025, which ended January 3, 2026. [4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)
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## Products & services

Loblaw’s consumer product portfolio includes grocery and food products, health and wellness, apparel and beauty, and payment and rewards offerings. Its named brands include President’s Choice food products and Joe Fresh apparel, accessories, footwear and beauty products; BeautyBOUTIQUE by Shoppers Drug Mart offers beauty products. Pharmacy and health services are offered through its pharmacy network, including Shoppers Drug Mart. [5](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/what-we-do/)

Digital services include PC Express online grocery ordering for pickup or delivery, and PC Express Rapid Delivery, which offers groceries, household essentials, seasonal items and local products. PC Optimum is its rewards program, and PC Financial is part of its payments and financial services offering. [6](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/making-pc-express-better-for-everyone/)[7](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/bringing-on-demand-groceries-to-8-million-canadians/)[5](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/what-we-do/)

For Q4 2025, Loblaw reported retail revenue of C$16.382 billion, comprising C$11.433 billion from Food Retail and C$4.949 billion from Drug Retail. Drug Retail included C$2.526 billion in pharmacy and healthcare services and C$2.423 billion in front-store sales; these are reported segment and service revenue figures, not product-mix percentages. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134771155)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15410609)
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## Geographic presence

Loblaw’s operating footprint is Canada-wide: it reports more than 2,800 stores, pharmacies and clinics across the country, supported by 26 distribution centres. Its FY2025 reporting covers the 53 weeks ended January 3, 2026. [10](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2026/Loblaw%20AIF%202026%20Final%20Tagged%20for%20AODA%20purposes.pdf) [4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)

The company identifies its National Head Office and store support centre in Brampton, Ontario, and its registered office in Toronto, Ontario. It reports approximately 220,000 people in full- and part-time positions, including people working directly or through franchisees and associates; a geographic breakdown of employees is not provided in the cited reporting. [10](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2026/Loblaw%20AIF%202026%20Final%20Tagged%20for%20AODA%20purposes.pdf) [4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)

The cited filings describe a Canadian operating footprint but do not provide a country- or region-level revenue allocation or percentage split. [4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)
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## Business segments

Loblaw’s 2025 reporting identifies **Retail** as its only continuing reportable segment. Food Retail and Drug Retail are business components within Retail, not separately reported segments. Retail includes food retailing and drug retailing, including pharmacy and healthcare services and front-store sales. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134771147)[4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)

Within Retail, approximate 2025 sales mix was **71% Food Retail** and **29% Drug Retail**, based on the disclosed quarterly component sales; these are estimated shares, not separately reported segment revenues. Retail reported about **C$63.9 billion** in revenue for the 53 weeks ended January 3, 2026. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15410609)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15417233)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15417230)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15417192)[15](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/loblaw-reports-adjusted-diluted-net-earnings-per-common-share-growth-of-109-in-the-fourt-quarter-on-a-12-week-comparable-basis/)

PC Financial was classified as discontinued operations in 2025 and is therefore excluded from the continuing-segment mix. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134771147)[4](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2025/LCL_2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf)
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## Company history

Loblaw’s history began in 1919, when T.P. Loblaw and J. Milton Cork opened the first Loblaw Groceterias store in Toronto, pioneering self-service, cash-and-carry grocery shopping. The company expanded into the United States in the 1920s. In 1956, Loblaw Companies Limited was incorporated and acquired the Canadian and U.S. Loblaw grocery businesses; George Weston Limited had gained control by the early 1950s. [3](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/who-we-are/)

Loblaw opened its first No Frills store in 1978 and acquired Quebec grocer Provigo in 1998. It expanded further through the 2009 acquisition of T&T Supermarket and the 2014 completion of its acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart. In 2018, Loblaw spun out its interest in Choice Properties REIT. Per Bank became President and CEO by the first quarter of 2024, succeeding Galen G. Weston, who remained Chair. [3](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/who-we-are/)[16](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2009/LCL%202009%20Annual%20Information%20Form_EN.pdf)[17](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2013/LCL%202013%20Annual%20Information%20Form_EN.pdf)[18](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/loblaw-announces-closing-of-plan-of-arrangement-to-spin-out-choice-properties-reit/)[19](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/Loblaw-Companies-Limited-Announces-Senior-Management-Changes-Effective-By-Q1-2024/)
[3](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/who-we-are/)[16](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2009/LCL%202009%20Annual%20Information%20Form_EN.pdf)[17](https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-reports/annual/2013/LCL%202013%20Annual%20Information%20Form_EN.pdf)[18](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/loblaw-announces-closing-of-plan-of-arrangement-to-spin-out-choice-properties-reit/)[19](https://www.loblaw.ca/en/Loblaw-Companies-Limited-Announces-Senior-Management-Changes-Effective-By-Q1-2024/)

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