user:zanimum/Pet Valu

The company had a location at Newtonbrook Plaza at Yonge Street and Cumber Avenue, in Willowdale, as of 1982.{{cite news|title=Back to School Sidewalk Sale (ad)|accessdate=7 July 2012|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=17 August 1982|location=Toronto ON|page=NR05}} By 1983, they had 18 locations in the GTA.{{cite news|title=Super Summer Sale (ad)|accessdate=7 July 2012|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=1 June 1983|location=Toronto ON|page=D12}}

With 7.1 common shares, Pet Valu was set to begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on 7 July 1993.{{cite news|last=Rojo|first=Oscar|title=More companies trading in Toronto for first time|accessdate=7 July 2012|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=7 July 1993|location=Toronto ON|page=C07}}

In July 2009, Pet Valu agreed to be acquired by Roark Capital Group at $13.68 a share or a total of $143.7 million.{{cite news|last1=CNC News | Business|title=Pet Valu agrees to $143.7M takeover offer|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/pet-valu-agrees-to-143-7m-takeover-offer-1.802587|accessdate=17 November 2015|date=July 06, 2009}}