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No Name

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Loblaw's yellow-label discount store brand.

Brampton, ON CA · www.pcexpress.ca

Found at Loblaws
81.6

No name is Loblaw Companies Limited's discount control brand, sold through Loblaw's own banners nationwide. Loblaw is TSX-listed and majority controlled by George Weston Limited and the Weston family, and its head office and workforce are Canadian. No name products are made by third-party contract manufacturers in Canada and abroad; Loblaw does not publish a brand-level country breakdown, so manufacturing and inputs are estimated.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Loblaw trades on the TSX (L). Per its 2026 Annual Information Form, George Weston Limited beneficially owns approximately 52.6% of Loblaw's common shares, and Galen G. Weston, through the entities he controls, owns approximately 59.5% of Weston. Both the controlling shareholder and the listing venue are Canadian.

Manufacturing

60.5 inferred

CA 55% · EU 5% · other 30% · US 10%

Loblaw's AIF states its product development team works with third-party vendors to manufacture control brand products, including no name, and that Loblaw is 'not dependent on any one source,' but publishes no brand-level country breakdown. No name is a value-tier label spanning commodity staples typically made domestically (dairy, bakery, frozen, meat and deli) alongside lower-cost imported goods in pantry, snacks and household cleaning. Loblaw's supply chain page describes auditing factories 'located outside of Canada and the USA' before sourcing control brand goods, confirming a meaningful overseas manufacturing footprint. This mix is an estimate weighted toward Canadian production of perishable staples, marked inferred.

  • Loblaw Companies Limited Annual Information Form (For The Year Ended January 3, 2026) filing “The Company's product development team works closely with third party vendors to develop and manufacture products for its control brands. The Company is not dependent on any one source or third party vendor to produce its products.”
  • Supply Chain Accountability | Loblaw Companies Ltd. vendor_statement “Prior to sourcing goods from a supplier, Loblaw has the factories, processing facilities, plants, packing or other facilities, which are located outside of Canada and the USA, audited for (1) control brand products sourced by Loblaw; or (2) products for which Loblaw is the Importer of Record.”

People

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Loblaw's head office, per its 2026 AIF, is at 1 President's Choice Circle, Brampton, Ontario, and the company reports 190,000 Canadians employed in full- and part-time positions. Loblaw's retail, distribution and control brand operations are domestic to Canada.

Inputs

56.5 inferred

CA 50% · EU 5% · other 35% · US 10%

No published ingredient-sourcing breakdown was found for no name. As a full-aisle value control brand, staple lines likely draw on Canadian dairy, wheat, pork and other domestic commodities, while pantry, snacks and cleaning products rely more heavily on imported cocoa, sugar, palm oil and other commodity inputs sourced for lowest cost; this mix is an estimate.

Where to buy

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