Private company

Real Canadian Superstore

Logo: Real Canadian Superstore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Canadian supermarket chain owned by Loblaw Companies

Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of supermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to Superstore, or, less commonly, RCSS. Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the banner expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s as Loblaw attempted to fend off competition from department stores including U.S.-based Walmart.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Mar 1979Founded1

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Real Canadian Superstore (Regina, SK)
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of supermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to Superstore, or, less commonly, RCSS. Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the banner expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s as Loblaw attempted to fend off competition from department stores including U.S.-based Walmart.2

Corporate structure

Real Canadian Superstore is part of a group headed by George Weston Limited. 39 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. Mar 1979Founded Founded1

Sources

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