Ottawa, ON (February 17, 2022) – Ontario’s fastest-growing local fresh food retailer, Farm Boy, announced today it will be opening its 43rd fresh market location on March 3rd in Guelph.

“True to the Farm Boy brand, our team will provide the freshest food experience with top-notch customer service”. said Jean-Louis Bellemare, President and General Manager, Farm Boy. “Our stores truly become central to the communities they serve and we cannot wait to be a part of the vibrant Guelph community”.

“I am thrilled to welcome Farm Boy to Guelph,” said Guelph’s Mayor, Cam Guthrie. “We welcome the jobs, we welcome the investment, and we welcome the additional grocery retail choice for our community.”

Located at 370 Stone Road West the new 25,276 sq. ft. location will employ 113 people in the community and illustrate Farm Boy’s 40 years of grocery retail experience and customer service excellence. Farm Boy prides itself on maintaining close relationships with local vendors to bring Ontarians abundant fresh foods, including hundreds of delicious organic, vegan, and gluten-free products. Farm Boy is most widely known for its local farm-fresh produce, as well as butcher quality meats, artisan cheese and fresh dairy. Keeping customers’ varying lifestyles in mind, Guelph shoppers can also look forward to 1200+ Farm Boy branded products featured throughout the store along with freshly prepared, chef-inspired dishes, including hot meals, to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner prep simple.

Farm Boy opened 8 stores in 2021 and currently operates 42 locations in Ontario. Highlights – what’s in store at Farm Boy:

• Hundreds of Ontario fresh dairy, meat and grocery products.
• Hormone-free, organic beef, pork and chicken.
• 100% Canadian AAA beef, deeply marbled and aged a minimum of 14 days.
• Plenty of plant-based, vegan and vegetarian fresh foods.
• A hot bar, salad bar and grill station for outstanding eat on-the-go options.
• Hundreds of exclusive Farm Boy private label products throughout the store.
• A wide variety of local farmstead, international, and Canadian cheeses.
• Reusable bag options to accommodate customers’ shopping needs.

About Farm Boy Company Inc.

Farm Boy provides a unique and friendly, fresh-market shopping experience featuring signature farm-fresh produce, butcher quality meats, artisan cheese, fresh dairy and popular private label products. Farm Boy has grown from a small produce stand starting in Cornwall in 1981 to 42 stores located across Ontario with further expansion plans underway. For a full list of future store locations, please visit our website www.farmboy.ca/future-store-locations/

For more information contact:

Rachel Paré
PR & Communications Manager
Farm Boy Company Inc.
1427 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, ON K1J 8M7

[email protected]