used for years after it was introduced in April 1958, and offered everything from canvas-top running shoes to bath oil for the one price. Most Woodward's locations were converted to Hudson’s Bay or Zellers stores by the end of 1993. Other major retailers took over several stores, and the remaining locations were either closed or were divided into mall retail space. Woodward's also operated two stand alone Furniture Fair stores in Burnaby (which became Costco's first location in Canada in 1985) and Edmonton in the 1970s. There were also discount type stores called Woodwynn (similar to Winners) in BC and Alberta (some within Woodward's Stores), which were originally known as Woodward's Bargain Stores. Several malls also had separate Woodward's Book Stores. The closure of Woodward's locations in many malls sparked redevelopment and expansion of a number of the centres, such as Chinook Centre in Calgary. In a number of malls, the presence of separate operations such as the book store and Woodwynn required these stores to also be replaced. When the West Edmonton Mall location closed, The Bay - which already had a full store at the opposite end of the mall - simply converted the former Woodward's into a second Bay (one of the few cases where a single mall has had two duplicate anchor tenants); after a few years of this, however, the Woodward's-Bay was closed and converted into a multi-screen movie theatre, an HMV Canada (now Sunrise Records) location, and additional retail space. On December 8, 2009, the Woodward's Food Floor reopened for the first time since the chain's sale to Safeway. The new Woodward's Food Floor, which is located in Vancouver at the former Woodward's complex (along with a new location of London Drugs), is now a division of Nester's Market. See also Woodward's Building List of Canadian department stores Spencer's (department store) References External links Hudson's Bay Company website Woodward's Food Floor website Footage of survey of Woodward's building in Vancouver and demolition of the tower, 2006, City of Vancouver Archives Department stores of Canada Defunct retail companies of Canada Hudson's Bay Company Retail companies established in 1892 1892 establishments in British Columbia