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1956
100

He was awarded the Golden Pencil Award in 2015

Who is Gus Longo?

100

Serving as our flagship store in Downtown Toronto, what year did Maple Leaf Square open?

What is 2010?

100

This line of private label products features items exclusively imported from Italy.

What is Longo’s Curato?

100

These 2 food-related stories are often referenced when talking about Longo’s Values and commitment to product quality.

What are the Mushroom and Strawberry Stories?

100

This NHL Team won the Stanley Cup in 1956.

Who are the Montreal Canadiens?

200

This founder was famous for saying: “Always do the right thing, especially when no one is looking”

Who is Tommy?

200

This was the location of the first store that Tommy, Joe & Gus opened.

What is Yonge & Castlefield in Toronto?

200

This delicious meal solution boasts the highest sales in dollars for a private label item.

What is Longo’s Whole BBQ Chicken 1kg?

200

This was Longo’s slogan during the 1990s.

“Take the Longo way home”?

200

In January 1956, the hit song Tutti Frutti was released by this singer.

Who is Little Richard?

300

Beginning her career as a cashier at the Malton Store, this member of the SLT is one of our longest serving Team Members.

Who is Harpreet Ferron?

300

This handsome Longo’s employee became the youngest store manager in the company’s history

Who is Joe Fusco?

300

This product from Izumi Agriculture is flown in fresh and available from farm to our stores in 24 hours.

What is Atlantic Salmon?

300

Although they made up nearly 2% of sales, Longo’s stopped carrying this product in 1987.

What are cigarettes?

300

This theatrical film, first broadcast on CBS in 1956, eventually became one of the most widely viewed films of all time

What is The Wizard of Oz?

400

This founder was known for being meticulous about the conditions of the parking lot – saying “if the outside of your store looks dirty, Guests will think the inside is too”

Who is Joe?

400

This store was nicknamed “Four Corners.”

What is Malton Fruit Market?

400

This Canadian Grand Prix New Product award winner is hand crafted in Italy, and perfect on a charcuterie board.

What are Focaccia Strips?

400

Prior to Grocery Gateway, this was the name of Longo’s delivery service.

What is Freshness To Go?

400

The Winter Olympic Games were hosted in this Country in 1956.

What is Italy?

500

These are the nicknames for our three founders.

What are the Lion, the Eagle, and the Hawk?

500

Before becoming Longo’s, this store was a Canadian Northern Railways Locomotive Shop.

What is Leaside?

500

Launched in 1991, this was Longo’s first ever private label product.

What is Longo’s Frozen Orange Juice?

500

This Italian town on the northern coast of Sicily is where Antonino & Rosa Longo raised their 7 children.

What is Termini Imerese?

500

The average price of this household staple grocery item in 1956 was $0.13.

What is a loaf of white bread?