Fairway Markets Explained

Fairway Markets ^[1] is a regional grocery chain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The ten store chain was founded by Don Yuen^[2] in 1963 and employs over 700.^[3] The chain is a low cost grocery store with a significant emphasis on ethnic foods.

Founder

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.^[4] Yuen worked at his uncle's store and at a sawmill before embarking on his own store in 1963. Yuen is now Fairway Markets' President.

Locations

Greater Victoria

• 272 Gorge Road West, Saanich, BC - original store from 1963
• 1521 McKenzie Ave, Saanich, BC
• 101-2187 Athlone Court, Oak Bay, BC
• 2635 Quadra St, Victoria, BC - former Safeway location
• 3651 Shelbourne St, Saanich, BC

Nanaimo

• 103-4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, BC

Saanich Peninsula

• 7108 West Saanich Road, Brentwood, BC
• 2531 Beacon Ave, Sidney, BC

West Shore

• 772 Goldstream Ave, Langford, BC - former Western Foods location

References

1. http://www.fairwaymarkets.com/index.php/store-locations Fairway Market website
2. Web site: Company Profile . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120116223757/http://www.fairwaymarkets.com/index.php/about-us/company-profile . 2012-01-16 . dead .
3. Web site: Brentwood Bay store makes 10 for Fairway Market chain - Peninsula News Review . www.peninsulanewsreview.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120847/http://www.peninsulanewsreview.com/news/125577923.html . 2015-04-02.
4. Web site: Honorary Cabinet . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101211232510/http://www.150goldenmountain.ca/EN/main/team/cbnt.html . 2010-12-11 . dead .