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Nations Fresh Foods is an independently owned, multi-cultural grocery store chain in Ontario, Canada, founded on August 28, 2012, in Woodbridge, Ontario. The chain has 4 stores; the first store was opened in Woodbridge, Ontario on August 28, 2012, the second store opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in Lloyd D. Jackson Square on July 13, 2013, the third store opened in Mississauga, Ontario on February 1, 2017. The fourth store, considered their flagship store, was opened on November 16, 2017, in Toronto, at the Stock Yards Village mall, inside a former Target Canada location which contains an indoor playground and arcade in addition to typical grocery store and food offerings. Each store has groceries that are mainly imported from Asia as well as other countries. Common grocery items can also be found in other stores. Nations Fresh Foods provides food dining at every location; a hot bar (Woodbridge location), a Buffet (Hamilton location), Hot Bar (Mississauga and Toronto), Coffee Bar, and Pho Restaurant, Juice/Bubble Tea bar, Sushi/Dim Sum bar, Chinese BBQ station, and North American food. Its parent company, Oceans Fresh Group, also owns Oceans Fresh Foods Market stores, an affiliated chain of stores. According to the company, Nations are considered " a new, higher-end, banner store". The head office of the parent company is located in Mississauga, Ontario. In total, the parent company owns 8 stores: 4 Nations Fresh Foods stores, 3 Oceans Fresh Foods Market stores, and 1 Grant's Foodmart store, which is another affiliate chain. 2 of the stores are located in Brampton, Ontario, 3 in Mississauga, Ontario, along with the head office, 1 in Vaughan, Ontario, 1 in Hamilton, Ontario, and 1 in Toronto, Ontario. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Home". nationsfreshfoods.ca.
  2. "Multi juice" . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "Inside Nations Experience, a 155,000-square-foot supermarket with an arcade, a playground and all-day dim sum". torontolife.com. 6 December 2017.