Bulk Barn
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| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Aurora, Ontario, Canada |
Number of locations |
 230 (2016) |
Area served | Canada |
| Services | |
| Website |
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Bulk Barn Foods Ltd. is considered Canada's largest bulk foods retailer with stores located in every province. Its parent company, Bulk Barn Foods Limited, was founded in 1982; the company currently operates over 200 stores. The company's head office is located in Aurora, Ontario.
Bulk Barn carries more than 4,000 products - including soup and nuts, baking and candy-making ingredients and supplies, candy, snacks, cereals, grains, spices, dried fruits, vitamins and supplements, health and natural food products and pet food.[1]
Products
Bulk Barn carries products in categories including:
- Candy and chocolate, 200 + types of assorted candies, gummies, sugarless sweets and chocolates, assorted candy moulds, candy making supplies and ingredients.
- Baking ingredients, like regular and specialty flours, baking mixes, sugars, baking nuts, chocolates and dried fruits.
- Party supplies, 50 + character cake pans with decorating instructions (available for sale or rent), piñatas, 50 + types of nuts, fruit & nut mixes and trail mixes, pretzels, corn snacks, Bits & Bites, Ritz Bitz Sandwiches, cheese snacks and party mixes, as well as coffee and tea.
- Pasta, rice, beans & spices, different pasta shapes and varieties, regular and specialty soup bases, beans and cereals, rice, 100 + spices.
- Health foods, like vitamins, minerals, herbal and specialty supplements, protein powders and packaged health foods & beverages.
- Gluten-free, flour mixes and alternative mixes, various packaged products such as cereals, crackers and snacks,[2] bulk gluten-free products have labels as well as tagged scoops, to help identify.[3]
- Pet food, bulk and packaged products for various pets and animals.
Locations
Bulk Barn operates locations in every province in Canada, all of which are franchises. The average size of a Bulk Barn store is approximately 5,000 square feet.[4]The first Bulk Barn stores were located in large shopping malls; however, as the brand has grown locations are now primarily located in large suburban developments, as well as outdoor strip malls and stand-alone locations.
| Province | Locations |
|---|---|
| British Columbia | 15[5] |
| Alberta | 18[6] |
| Saskatchewan | 9[7] |
| Manitoba | 9[8] |
| Ontario | 145[9] |
| Québec | 20[10] |
| New Brunswick | 7[11] |
| Nova Scotia | 9[12] |
| Prince Edward Island | 2[13] |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | 5[14] |
References
- ↑ "Bulk Barn: About Us". Bulk Barn. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ "Gluten-Free Shopping Resources:". Celiacedmonton.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ↑ "Gluten-Free; Bulk Barn". Celiac.com. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ↑ "Bulk Barn - Franchise". www.bulkbarn.ca.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | British Columbia "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Alberta "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Saskatchewan "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Manitoba "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Ontario "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ enregistrez le repère du Bulk Barn | Québec "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | New Brunswick "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Nova Scotia "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Prince Edward Island "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ Bulk Barn Store Locator | Newfoundland "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
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