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Quebec chocolatier set to announce purchase of Laura Secord chain

Published on February 19, 2010; Published on February 25, 2010
The Canadian Press ~ The News

Topics :: Nutri-Art Chocolates , Quebec Solidarity Fund , Quebec City , Canada , Toronto

QUEBEC - A Quebec chocolatier is set to announce his purchase of Laura Secord and its chain of 129 stores across Canada.
Published reports say Jean Leclerc, who owns Nutri-Art Chocolates in Quebec City, will announce Friday that the 97-year-old retail institution is returning to Canadian hands.
Nutri-Art, which has nearly 100 employees, is a former division of cookie company Leclerc.
Laura Secord has changed hands several times and is currently owned by an American private equity firm. The Quebec Solidarity Fund owns a small share.
The 51-year-old Leclerc was a Liberal member of the Quebec legislature between 1985 and 1994.
Frank O'Connor started selling hand-made chocolates from his Toronto store, named after the heroine of the War of 1812.

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