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Jake Howard: Chains weren't trying to avoid head-to-head competition, lawyer says.
Jake Howard: Chains weren't trying to avoid head-to-head competition, lawyer says.

Jake Howard: Chains weren't trying to avoid head-to-head competition, lawyer says.

Date10/14/1983
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0128578F
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Sample auction: Joe Shanab, purchasing vice-president of Shoopers Drug Mart, and Christine Cattell, a TV commercial spokesman, get ready to auction off merchandise samples to the drug chain's head offfice staff, to raise money for The Star Santa Claus Fund
      Sample auction: Joe Shanab, purchasing vice-president of Shoopers Drug Mart, and Christine Cattell, a TV commercial spokesman, get ready to auction off merchandise samples to the drug chain's head offfice staff, to raise money for The Star Santa Claus Fund
      Mahler, John
      12/15/1981
      Boots stores: These familiar drug stores will soon have a new name, as yet undecided, and Oshawa Group says the chain's employees will stay
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      McConnell, Colin
      10/11/1988
      Cutting frills: Thomas Landers, executive vice-president of Journey's End says reducing labor costs helps bargain hotel chains charge less for a bed.
      Cutting frills: Thomas Landers, executive vice-president of Journey's End says reducing labor costs helps bargain hotel chains charge less for a bed.
      Bock, Tony
      2/5/1990
      Your friendly neighborhood restaurant is beginning to get squeezed by the big fast-food chains, says veteran real estate specialist Danny Givalas, above. Givalas has worked for the Johnny Longo real estate agency, on Danforth Ave. near Coxwell Ave., for 2
      Your friendly neighborhood restaurant is beginning to get squeezed by the big fast-food chains, says veteran real estate specialist Danny Givalas, above. Givalas has worked for the Johnny Longo real estate agency, on Danforth Ave. near Coxwell Ave., for 2
      Spremo, Boris
      7/10/1978
      Taste test: Competition is tough in Latin America as fast-food chains woo customers
      Taste test: Competition is tough in Latin America as fast-food chains woo customers
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/28/1974
      Fast-food chains feel the bite. Rising costs and stiff competition are taking a toll.
      Fast-food chains feel the bite. Rising costs and stiff competition are taking a toll.
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/22/1981
      Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
      Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
      Beaty, Keith
      2/24/1982
      Buyer awaits: W. J. Sinclair, left, is set to remove the chains from White Farm Equipment, which has been shut down for more than a year. Sinclair say(...)
      Buyer awaits: W. J. Sinclair, left, is set to remove the chains from White Farm Equipment, which has been shut down for more than a year. Sinclair say(...)
      Slaughter, Mike
      12/19/1983
      Arsenal of Weapons which police say was captured in raid on Satan's Choice motorcycle club included whips, guns, knives, bicycle chains and baseball b(...)
      Arsenal of Weapons which police say was captured in raid on Satan's Choice motorcycle club included whips, guns, knives, bicycle chains and baseball b(...)
      Darrell, Dick
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      Chain-in, Elizabeth Escobar, one of the tenants of a Cabbagetown flea market, chains herself to heating pipe in protest after building's owner locked doors
      Chain-in, Elizabeth Escobar, one of the tenants of a Cabbagetown flea market, chains herself to heating pipe in protest after building's owner locked doors
      Ross, Fred
      11/28/1978
      David Brough, head of Commander Satellite Systems of Mississauga, says that trying to gain financial help from Ottawa is like 'picking up mercury with tweezers'
      David Brough, head of Commander Satellite Systems of Mississauga, says that trying to gain financial help from Ottawa is like 'picking up mercury with tweezers'
      Eglinton, Rick
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