[5] Maxi was intended to be a larger spinoff version of Provigo's Héritage supermarket chain.

[4] By 1987, Maxi had grown to a chain of six locations and three of these stores included a day-care centre for parents to leave their children for up to 90 minutes while shopping.

[10] Maxi used to have stores in Ontario beginning in 1997,[11] but they were eventually closed or converted to other Loblaws banners (such as Fortinos) in 1999.

[2] The chain's Maxi & Cie/Maxi & Co. locations are larger and carry a wider variety of general merchandise.

[13] The first Maxi & Cie opened on September 25, 1996 on Jean-Talon street in Saint-Léonard, Quebec and is still in operation.