Eataly, the international Italian food emporium that blurs the line between supermarket and restaurant, will open its first Canadian store in Toronto next year in partnership with the Weston family.
Oscar Farinetti, Eataly’s founder, co-owner and chairman, said a location in central Toronto has been found and that the Westons would have 52 per cent of the real estate and retail project, with Eataly taking the rest. “We’ve been looking for a location for a long time,” he said after giving a talk last week on Eataly at the American University of Rome. “It’s coming for sure.”
Neither George Weston Ltd., the controlling shareholder of the Loblaw supermarket chain and Shoppers Drug Mart, nor Wittington Properties Ltd., Weston’s real estate division, would comment. Mr. Farinetti said he could not remember the precise location of Eataly’s Toronto store, though it is known that Eataly and Weston have looked at locations near the Holt Renfrew store in Toronto’s Yorkville area. Holts is owned by the Weston family.
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