Fairway Markets

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Fairway Markets logo

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

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

  1. Fairway Market website
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External links

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