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Giant Tiger coming to GTA soon

Giant Tiger plans to open stores in Mississauga and Brampton this spring. In Mississauga, a 26,000 square-foot is set to open March 18 at 3200 Erin Mills Parkway in a former Food Basics location. In Brampton, a 38,000 square-foot store is to open April 1 in the Kingspoint Plaza at 370 Main St. N. (Highway 10) in a former A&P grocery store. Jeff York, the president of Ottawa-based Giant Tiger Stores Ltd., says the company has had good response to its new stores in Ajax, Newmarket, Bradford, Bolton and Acton. "We have had numerous requests from customers to open more stores in the area", he says. Giant Tiger, a privately held Canadian company, was established in 1961 in Ottawa\'s Byward Market and now has 159 locations throughout Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and New Brunswick. There are 99 stores in Ontario. Source: Toronto Star, Saturday edition, February 18, 2006, Food section.