Friday, May 13, 2016


A shopper walks through a Loblaws grocery store located in the former Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (Darren Calabrese/THE CANADIAN PRESS)Loblaw hit by computer glitch, some stores forced to close temporarily



A computer glitch forced Loblaw to temporarily close a number of its grocery stores in Canada on Thursday morning, the grocery and pharmacy chain said.
Company spokeswoman Catherine Thomas said the stores, most of which were in Atlantic Canada and Ontario, had issues completing sales as a result of the problem.
The error affected grocery stores that operate under the Loblaw banner, which include Loblaws, No Frills and the Real Canadian Superstore, but did not involve its Shoppers Drug Mart outlets or PC Financial banks, Thomas said.
The issue was later fixed and all stores resumed operations, though checkout times may have been slower than normal, she said.
There are no privacy concerns as the glitch only impacted cash register functions, and Loblaw is investigating the matter, she added.

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