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companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills ions, sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metr(...)
companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills ions, sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metr(...)

companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills ions, sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metr(...)

Date9/10/1970
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  • companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills ions, sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metr(...)
  • companies; officially opposed to cut-rate; no-frills ions; sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metro outlets - Flash; Regent and Econo-are owned respectively by Gulf Oil; Texaco and Imperial Oil. Shell owns Windsor locations of Beaver; which is not represented in the Toronto market. The oil majors still stress service in their operating policies; but at least one of them; Imperial; notes a rapid growth in recent years of gasoline buyers who shop on price alone. And Imperial says it expects this segment of the market will grow. Above; Ron Lyttle is at the Flash pumps; Efraim Yarkoni at Regent; and Bernard Boulter pours for Econo.
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Original Toronto Star caption: companies; officially opposed to cut-rate; no-frills ions; sometimes find it expendient to join the private when the constitution gets hot. These Metro outlets - Flash; Regent and Econo-are owned respectively by Gulf Oil; Texaco and Imperial Oil. Shell owns Windsor locations of Beaver; which is not represented in the Toronto market. The oil majors still stress service in their operating policies; but at least one of them; Imperial; notes a rapid growth in recent years of gasoline buyers who shop on price alone. And Imperial says it expects this segment of the market will grow. Above; Ron Lyttle is at the Flash pumps; Efraim Yarkoni at Regent; and Bernard Boulter pours for Econo.
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      Major oil companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills service stations, sometimes find it expedient to join the private-branders when the com(...)
      Major oil companies, officially opposed to cut-rate, no-frills service stations, sometimes find it expedient to join the private-branders when the com(...)
      Darrell, Dick
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      No-Frills writer George Jonas abandons luxury when he writes - and uses only a typewriter, a chair and a box as he puts the finishing touches to his new play, Pushkin, opener for Theatre Plus
      Bull, Ron
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      William Kitchen: The Toronto engineer helped put together a Toronto Migraine Foundation study on the effects of negative ions on migraine sufferers
      Beaty, Keith
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      Jean Singleton is happy to drive farther to save money at No Frills store
      Cooper, David
      10/25/1978
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Bezant, Graham
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      Caustic Mondays: Sheila Gostick gears up for new set of one-woman gigs at the Rivoll with no-frills self-portrait
      Caustic Mondays: Sheila Gostick gears up for new set of one-woman gigs at the Rivoll with no-frills self-portrait
      Faught, Ken
      1/10/1990
      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
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      4/14/1992