Fairway Markets



Fairway Markets is a regional grocery chain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The ten store chain was founded by Don Yuen in 1963 and employs over 700. The chain is a low cost grocery store with a significant emphasis on ethnic foods.

Founder
Don Yuen was born in China, where his family had operated a grocery store for three generations and came to Canada in 1949 after the family lost their business to communism. Yuen worked at his uncle's store and at a sawmill before embarking on his own store in 1963. Yuen is now Fairway Markets' President.

Locations
Greater Victoria
 * 272 Gorge Road West, Saanich, BC - original store from 1963
 * 1521 McKenzie Ave, Saanich, BC
 * 101-2187 Athlone Court, Oak Bay, BC
 * 2635 Quadra St, Victoria, BC - former Safeway location
 * 3651 Shelbourne St, Saanich, BC

Nanaimo
 * 103-4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, BC

Saanich Peninsula
 * 7108 West Saanich Road, Brentwood, BC
 * 2531 Beacon Ave, Sidney, BC

West Shore
 * 772 Goldstream Ave, Langford, BC - former Western Foods location