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MONTREAL -- A Sherbrooke Maxi & Co store this week became the first Loblaw Cos., Ltd. grocery and general merchandise store in Quebec to stop offering plastic bags at checkout. The location is the third Loblaw banner store to go bagless, after stores in Milton, Ont. and Langford, B.C.

MONTREAL -- A Sherbrooke Maxi & Co store this week became the first Loblaw Cos., Ltd. grocery and general merchandise store in Quebec to stop offering plastic bags at checkout. The location is the third Loblaw banner store to go bagless, after stores in Milton, Ont. and Langford, B.C.

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Loblaw Cos., Ltd. yesterday reported that for the fourth quarter of 2007 ended Dec. 29, 2007, total sales increased CAN $183 million (US $181 million), or 2.7 percent, to CAN $6.97 billion (US $6.90 billion), vs. CAN $6.78 billion (US $6.72 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2006. Same-store sales increased 2.6 percent during the quarter.

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- A Maxi & Co store in Sherbrooke will become the first grocery and general merchandise retailer in Quebec to eliminate traditional plastic bags at checkout, making it the third Loblaw banner location to go bagless since the opening of the Loblaw Superstore in Milton, Ont. in August.

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- A Maxi & Co store in Sherbrooke will become the first grocery and general merchandise retailer in Quebec to eliminate traditional plastic bags at checkout, making it the third Loblaw banner location to go bagless since the opening of the Loblaw Superstore in Milton, Ont. in August.

MONTREAL -- The first kids' collection of the popular Joe Fresh Style clothing and accessory collection will roll out today in selected Loblaws and Maxi & Cie stores in Quebec -- just in time for the back-to-school season. Created by clothing designer Joseph Mimran, the new collection features over 350 new items for newborns to 14-year-olds, at prices ranging from CAN $4 (US $3.70) to CAN $39 (US $36.20) per item.

MONTREAL -- The first kids' collection of the popular Joe Fresh Style clothing and accessory collection will roll out today in selected Loblaws and Maxi & Cie stores in Quebec -- just in time for the back-to-school season. Created by clothing designer Joseph Mimran, the new collection features over 350 new items for newborns to 14-year-olds, at prices ranging from CAN $4 (US $3.70) to CAN $39 (US $36.20) per item.

TORONTO -- In its annual report yesterday Loblaw Cos. here posted a fourth-quarter loss of CAN $756 million (U.S. 642.3 million), and its first annual loss in 19 years in the wake of goodwill impairment connected with its underperforming Provigo banner in Quebec.