The North West Company is driven by a strategy aimed at growing "with and within" each market we serve. You can see this commitment in our continuous expansion into new products and services and in our effort to tailor each store's merchandise mix to the community it serves. While the ongoing expansion of our food offering continues to drive sales growth, complementary products and services including financial services, healthcare, motor vehicles and gas retailing are growing contributors to our continued success.

At the store level, we continue to invest in the skills and technology required to refine our merchandise selection and ordering capabilities. This combined with the insight of our local managers, enables us to deliver the best merchandise at the best price, one community, and one customer, at a time.

126 Northern stores, offering a combination of food, financial services and general merchandise to remote northern Canadian communities.

7 NorthMart stores, targeted at larger northern markets with an emphasis on an expanded selection of fresh foods, fashion and health products and services.

35 Giant Tiger junior discount stores offering family fashion, household products and food to urban neighbourhoods, and larger rural centers in western Canada.

Crescent Multi Foods (CMF), a distributor of produce and fresh meats to independent grocery stores in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

11 Quickstop convenience stores, offering ready-to-eat foods, petroleum products and related services.

2 North West Company Fur Marketing outlets, trading in wild furs and offering Aboriginal handicrafts and authentic Canadian heritage products.

The Inuit Art Marketing Service, Canada's largest distributor of Inuit art.

1 Solo Market store targeted at smaller, rural markets.

1 Valu Lots clearance center.