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The North West Company (North West) is a leading retailer to underserved rural communities and urban neighbourhood markets in the following regions: Northern Canada, Western Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific islands and the Caribbean. Our stores offer a broad range of products and services with an emphasis on food. Our value offer is to be the best local shopping choice for everyday household and local lifestyle needs.

Growth at North West has come from market share expansion within existing locations and from applying our expertise and infrastructure to new markets and complementary businesses. The latter includes wholesaling to independent stores, opening Giant Tiger junior discount stores in rural communities and urban neighbourhoods in Western Canada, and our 2007 acquisition of Cost-U-Less, Inc. (CUL), a chain of mid-sized warehouse format stores serving the South Pacific islands and the Caribbean.

History

In 1987, a small group of enterprising Canadians reclaimed the heritage of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Northern Stores division. They reached back in time to name the new entity “The North West Company” and it grew into a true success story.

We’ve moved with the adventuring spirit of the great North West Company explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, and the management skills of our Hudson’s Bay Company predecessor, George Simpson. Combined in the right balance, applied to the right situation, they are powerful ingredients behind North West’s longevity.

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Foundation

The Healthy Horizons Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of youth in the communities we serve through financial support and the motivation to advance their level of fitness, education and health.

Your generosity plays an important role in our efforts to give youth in our communities a brighter and healthier future!

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Community Promise

“We see ourselves as agents working to bring the right range of products and services uniquely suited to each customer we serve. From a community perspective, we accept their trust that we continue to be a committed local investor, employer, business partner and neighbour. Together it adds up to the type of complexity and reward that we embrace and others shy away from.”

Edward Kennedy

President and CEO, The North West Company

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