Eugene Mailloux

Eugene Mailloux (1878 in Stoney Point, Ontario – 1929) was the founder and president of Canada's first grocery store chain, M & P, in the early 1900s.

Later, that number grew with the help of business partner and brother-in-law Ernie Parent, the 'P' in M & P.[1] As an employer, Mailloux was a fair man who took a real interest in the welfare of his employees.

Until Mailloux developed the idea, many customers bought their groceries on credit.

[1] In 1927, Mailloux sold M & P's 42 stores to National Grocers and stayed on as a vice-president.

[1] Eugene's first wife, Vendrille Parent, died at the birth of their son Honorious (Henry) in 1905.