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From an openair fruit vegetable stand to the Worlds Largest Retail Food Outlet IN THE BEGINNING The Stavro family came from Europe but quickly became proud Canadians When I was about ten I marched on the of May carrying the Union Jack recalls Steve and the flag was so big that I got blown over Knob Hill Farms started in 1951 as an open air produce stand in Toronto s east end with a plywood sign cut and painted by Steve Stavro himself Who would have thought then that this would grow into Canada s largest independently owned retail food chain By 1959 Knob Hill Farms had expanded to nine locations including four supermarkets but sold them all to open one store bigger than a supermarket a Food Terminal Now 40 years later with several Food Terminals opened in the years indicated it s food retailing history as detailed in capsule form below The Cambridge Waterloo Food Terminal comes to reality in 1991 1962 Woodbine North the original retail Food Terminal added lent in summer to increase space most of today s KHF managers started here as buggy boys 000 sq ft with expansion planned 1971 Pickering Brock much of property was swampy and took Ions of gravel to fill shop by he box introduced here 000 sq ft with expansion planned 1975 Lansdowne Avat0un0M9t he National Cash Register plant was convened into third Food Tenmnal sq ft was largest retail food outlet in North America when it opened has been a training store for many KHF employees 222 Cherry St south of lift bridge because located in Toronto dock area also known as the Harbour Food Terminal in terms of people per square foot IhisisKHFs busiest store 40 000 sq ft with expansion planned Sally and Steve Stavro have worked to build Knob Hill Farms into the largest independently owned retail food chain in Canada Backed by a loyal staff many of whom have been with them since the early 1960s they are friendly handson owners who visit all their stores regularly 1978 DbtteVtkMlM South of originally a Savette Store with shopping on two floors recently expanded so shopping all on one level combined shopping and storage over 200000 First Ave between Slmcoe Hit son renovated and added to main shell of former Ontario Malleable building was the World Largest Retail Food Outlet when it opened with its square feet was General Electric plant where turbines used at Niagara Falls generating station were built over 365 sq ft with giant coolers and freezers for meat produce and frozen food North York surpassed Oshawa Durham Food Terminal as World Largest with over total sq ft land once owned by Lord aircraft factory once on this location Meet the Knob Hili Farms store management Team Markhnm ClwrryStrtrt OttawaDurham North York Distribution Ctntn CnbrldfWatarli PatWWems Doug PaulCnugie JimStturopoulat 20yearswithKHF yearn with yean with years with 16 years wtth years with years with years with yean with KHF