Posted AT 6:24 AM EST on 09/07/08
Jean Coutu backs off on Ontario expansion
BERTRAND MAROTTE
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
MONTREAL Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. is putting on hold plans to expand out of its Quebec home base into Ontario."The time is not right to move into Ontario," François Coutu - the drugstore chain's president and chief executive officer - said after the company's annual meeting yesterday.
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