New major grocery store opens in Mississauga

A grocery store chain celebrates the grand opening of a new location in Mississauga this week.

Longo’s officially opens its 39th location this Wednesday (May 15) in Mississauga’s Meadowvale neighbourhood, at 2975 Argentia Rd.

Longo’s Meadowvale offers a selection of produce, meat and sustainably sourced seafood. The new location will have a market-style bakery and deli with cookies and freshly squeezed orange juice, ready-to-go meals, a sushi and poke bar and a Starbucks, according to a press release from Longo’s.

This opening marks the fifth Longo’s store in Mississauga.

The grand opening celebrations start at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and the first customers will be “clapped in” by Longo’s team members. The first 250 guests will receive a mystery gift card valued between $5 and $500

There will celebratory “apple bite,” a Longo’s tradition where staff and officials bite into an apple rather than cutting a ribbon.

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The store will also celebrate with cake, coffee and samples throughout the store.

Longo’s was founded in 1956 by brothers Joe, Tommy and Gus Longo, who immigrated to Canada in 1951 from Termini Imerese, Sicily. They started a neighbourhood fruit market at Yonge Street and Castlefield Avenue in Toronto.

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