Health store SOL joins the La Boite à Grains family

La Boite à Grains is happy to announce the acquisition of health grocery soil. Since August 2020, the Sol store located in Aylmer has joined the growing family of La Boite à Grains Health supermarket, now strong with four branches in Gatineau, an online store, and more than 100 employees.

The Sol store now bears the name of La Boite à Grains (Aylmer).

A progressive and gentle transition

• The transition between the two entities will be smooth, giving time to the two management teams to gradually set up the integration project. 
• It will gradually see the supply of products and services increase, and soil grocery health. La Boite à Grains.
• During the transitional period, Sol will remain an independent store managed by the group La Boite à Grains, For now.
• As of November 10, 2020, the prices and promotions of La Boite à Grains Aylmer will be the same as those of other stores La Boite à Grains.
• For now, La Boite à Grains Aylmer operates with hours different from other stores La Boite à Grains.
• Solid gift vouchers will continue to be accepted and from November 10, 2020, La Boite à Grains Aylmer will issue gift cards La Boite à Grains.
• For now, La Boite à Grains Aylmer will continue to offer the same supply of bulk products as floor. La Boite à Grains Consider (current assessment) Add the supply of soil bulk products to all its stores.

As of January 11, 2021, Sol will be officially La Boite à Grains Aylmer and will align with other stores La Boite à Grains (Hours, price, offer, etc.).

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"What could be better than a purely local company to continue to bring this beautiful project to life? »»

For La Boite à Grains, Acquisition of Step Core Stepage Sterely enters the development process started in 2016 with the opening of a third branch boulevard du Plateau and the launch of its online commerce platform. "We had long had the dream of having a fourth store in Aylmer, it is therefore with great pleasure that we are starting this new chapter" underline Pierre Ménard, founding president, and Alexandre Savard, managing director of La Boite à Grains.

With a succession plan and a management committee, La Boite à Grains already works on a project to double the soil area and thus enlarge its offer of products and services.

For Sol grocery health, the realization of this project occurs at a pivotal moment. “We are all the owners, around sixty. It was time to think about the next generation " says Guy Couture, co-owner and managing director of soil. "We have always shared healthy competition with La Boite à Grains. What could be better than a purely local company to continue to support this beautiful project? »».

A common passion

La Boite à Grains and Sol grocery soil share the same passion for natural products and biological. By focusing on reception, proximity and advice, while valuing healthy and responsible food, the new chapter that opens has great promises for the population of the Outaouais.

Some key elements

La Boite à Grains

Co -founded by Pierre Ménard, La Boite à Grains celebrates its 40th anniversary in this year 2020. The Gatinoise company specializing in natural and organic products is referring today in Outaouais. The first store opened its doors on boulevard Saint-Joseph in 1980.

After four moves to the same street between 1987 and 1994 to settle in larger premises, La Boite à Grains continued its development by opening two other branches in other sectors of the city. The Boulevard Gréber store was born in 2004 and that on Boulevard du Plateau in 2016.

In 2017, the launch of the online commerce platform (www.laboiteagrains.com) allows all Canadians to discover the selection of more than 12,000 natural and organic products from La Boite à Grains.

La Boite à Grains Received the Excellor Prize in 1999 and 2010 twice, awarded by the Outaouais Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and rewarding the company of the year. In addition, at the provincial level in 2000, La Boite à Grains received the order of the merits of the retail trade in the Quebec retail council.

Health grocery soil

First known as natural food soil, the company Sol iccerie Health was founded in 1981 in Aylmer. Over the years and the involvement of owners and employees, the store has grown up, settling several times in larger premises.

A recognized actor in the community in Aylmer, Sol is a certified organic grocery store. There is a full range of bulk products, grocery stores and supplements.