The one major supermarket along the Wellington corridor in Verdun is an IGA. US-based IGA operates many international locations --almost 5,000 stores worldwide--but in this area of Canada, they are run through Sobeys , a major supermarket chain. Sobeys then franchises the individual locations to independent operators. I guess it works or they wouldn't be doing it, but doesn't that seem like a convoluted way to run independent stores? What's wrong with a plain old cooperative? I'm surprised IGA even lets Sobeys run the stores under their corporate supervision. In the US, the IGA subgroups (such as Retail Marketing Group ) are not separately supermarket chains. The IGA's corporate-looking, kind of cheesy facade doesn't quite match the rest of the neighborhood. As you can see with this poster in the window, this IGA is run by the Champagne group. Like many urban supermarkets in this area, the store offers free delivery and I saw the Champagne IGA van drivin...