Fairway Markets
Fairway Markets [1] is a regional grocery chain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Stores are located in Brentwood Bay, Langford, Nanaimo, Oak Bay, Saanich (3), Sidney, and Victoria.[2]
The nine-store chain was founded by Don Yuen[3] in 1963 and employs over 700.[4]
Founder
[edit]Founder and President Don Yuen was born in China, where his family had operated a grocery store for three generations and came to Canada in 1949 after the family lost their business to communism.[5] Yuen worked at his uncle's store and at a sawmill before embarking on his own store in 1963.
References
[edit]- ^ Fairway Market website
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Company Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Brentwood Bay store makes 10 for Fairway Market chain - Peninsula News Review". www.peninsulanewsreview.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "Honorary Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
External links
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