Manitoba Business: Safeway Stores Limited

The first Safeway grocery stores in Manitoba were constructed in mid-1929. In August 1935, Safeway Stores acquired the assets of Piggly Wiggly Canadian Limited and converted some its stores to the Safeway banner.

Manitoba Stores (1930s)

City	Location	Status (2020)
Boissevain	384 South Railway Street	Appliance store
Brandon	164 Tenth Street	Demolished (?)
Dauphin	207 Main Street North	Clothing store
Killarney	515 Broadway Avenue	Demolished (c2016)
Minnedosa	45 Main Street South	Electronics manufacturing
Neepawa	243 Hamilton Street	Newspaper office
Selkirk	240 Manitoba Avenue	Skate shop
Virden	512 Seventh Avenue South	Accounting office
Winnipeg No. 505	410 Academy Road	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. 506	595 Broadway	Pharmacy
Winnipeg No. 503	627 Corydon Avenue	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. ?	843 Ellice Avenue	?
Winnipeg No. 527	920 Grosvenor Avenue	?
Winnipeg No. 522	227 Kelvin Street	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. 502	247 Lilac Street	Grocery store
Winnipeg	1784 Logan Avenue	Pawn shop
Winnipeg	605 Main Street	Employment office
Winnipeg No. 523	1411 Main Street	Food company
Winnipeg No. 520	129 Marion Street	Furniture store, bookstore
Winnipeg No. 531	820 Notre Dame Avenue	?
Winnipeg No. 530	102 Osborne Street	?
Winnipeg No. 504	535 Osborne Street	Restaurants
Winnipeg No. 507	893 Portage Avenue	Tanning salon
Winnipeg No. 508	1046 Portage Avenue	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. 509	1333 Portage Avenue	Pet supplies store
Winnipeg	1821 Portage Avenue	Vacant
Winnipeg No. 515	1849 Portage Avenue	Restaurant
Winnipeg No. 525	2611 Portage Avenue	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. 517	107-109 Regent Avenue West	Massage and tattoo shops
Winnipeg No. 535	544 Rosedale Avenue	?
Winnipeg No. 513	577 Sargent Avenue	Pawn shop
Winnipeg No. 511	785 Sargent Avenue	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg	557 Selkirk Avenue	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg No. 501	110 Sherbrook Street	Bakery
Winnipeg No. 521	1 St. Annes Road	Wellness centre
Winnipeg No. 529	222 St. Mary’s Road	Martial arts studio
Winnipeg No. 528	860 St. Mary’s Road	Bible Society office
Winnipeg No. 510	719 St. Matthews Avenue	Grocery store
Winnipeg	470 Stradbrook Street	?
Winnipeg	775 Westminster Avenue	Grocery store
Winnipeg No. 532	894 Westminster Avenue	?
Winnipeg No. 512	653 William Avenue	Demolished (?)

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Macdonald Consolidated Building / Safeway Building (313 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg)

Manitoba Business: Piggly Wiggly Canadian Limited

Sources:

“Big system of chain groceries is coming here,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 November 1928, page 3.

“Safeway stores receive four building permits,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 July 1929, page 3.

“Safeway Stores to locate here,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 11 July 1929, page 1.

“Dramatic developments in Winnipeg herald important changes in retail business,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 October 1929, page 5.

“Safeway chain to build four stores in city,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 September 1932, page 3.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“Probe hears of Piggly Wiggly stores setup,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 October 1935, page 3.

We thank Leslie Mckendry-Smith, George Penner, and Ken Storie for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 February 2021