Super C is a discount supermarket chain with 101 stores in Quebec. The stores average 4,103 m2 in size.[1] Super C offers 8,000 products including some 1,200 products from the Super C private label brand.
Super C traces its origins as La Ferme Carnaval founded on September 15, 1982 which opened a supermarket under the trade name Super Carnaval in January 1983 in Beauport, Quebec.[2][3] By January 1985, Super Carnaval had three stores in Quebec City and another three in the Montreal area.[4]
Super Carnaval's head office was relocated from Quebec City to Lasalle, Quebec on October 20, 1986.[5] The company was acquired by Metro-Richelieu on June 1, 1987 from Toronto-based Burnac Corporation.