Loblaws, No Frills, Superstore & Maxi Scraper API - Canada

Canadian grocery price data from 12 Loblaw banners, priced at the individual store by postal code.

The Loblaws Scraper API returns live shelf prices, sale prices, unit prices and promotions from Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Maxi and eight more, with no API key and no browser.

• Chains: Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Zehrs, Fortinos, Valu-mart, Your Independent Grocer, Independent City Market, Provigo, Maxi, Wholesale Club, Atlantic Superstore
• Coverage: every province, plus Yukon and the Northwest Territories
• Every row: name, price, was-price, sale flag, unit price, normalized unit price, package size, image, product URL, product ID, store details, multi-buy deals, PC Optimum offers
• Setup: none. No API key, no account, no proxy.

Run it

Paste this into the Input tab (switch to JSON view) and hit Start:

{
  "banner": "superstore",
  "search_terms": ["eggs", "milk", "chicken breast"],
  "postal_code": "V5X 0C4"
}

Rows stream into Output as they arrive. Download from Storage → Dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Three things to change from there:

• Scrape a whole department by swapping search_terms for categories, e.g. ["fruits-vegetables", "dairy-eggs"], or ["all"] for the entire store
• Price a different store by changing postal_code to yours
• Switch chains with banner: maxi or provigo for Quebec, zehrs, fortinos or valumart for Ontario, rass for Atlantic Canada

From the API

Grab a token at console.apify.com/settings/integrations:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sunny_eternity~loblaws-grocery-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"banner": "superstore", "search_terms": ["eggs", "milk", "chicken breast"], "postal_code": "V5X 0C4"}'

• run-sync-get-dataset-items suits small runs and can time out on large ones
• For scheduled or full-store scrapes, POST to /runs and read the returned defaultDatasetId
• Official JavaScript and Python clients work too

What you get back

{
  "store": "Real Canadian Superstore",
  "name": "Bananas",
  "price": "0.69",
  "unit_price": "454 g, $0.15/100g",
  "comparable_unit_price": 0.15,
  "package_size": "454g",
  "parsed_package_size": { "size": 454, "unit": "g" },
  "parsed_unit_price": { "value": 0.15, "quantity": 100, "unit": "g", "unit_type": "weight" },
  "selling_type": "by_weight",
  "was_price": 0.89,
  "is_on_sale": true,
  "multi_buy_deal": "2 for $1.00",
  "pc_optimum_offer": "1000 points",
  "image_url": "https://assets.shop.loblaws.ca/products/...",
  "product_url": "https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/bananas/p/...",
  "product_id": "21023456",
  "category": "fresh-fruits",
  "location": "1517",
  "location_name": "Real Canadian Superstore Marine Drive",
  "location_postal_code": "V5X 0C4",
  "location_coordinates": { "lat": 49.2088, "lng": -123.1076 }
}

Field	What it holds
store	Chain name: Real Canadian Superstore, Maxi, Zehrs and the rest
name, price	Product name and current price, no $ symbol
unit_price	Raw unit price string from the store, e.g. "454 g, $0.15/100g"
comparable_unit_price	Normalized $/100 g or $/100 ml, null when the size will not parse
parsed_unit_price, parsed_package_size, normalized_package_size	Structured value, quantity and unit forms
package_size, selling_type	Size string, plus by_weight or by_unit
was_price, is_on_sale	Pre-sale price and sale flag
multi_buy_deal, pc_optimum_offer	Promotion text such as "2 for $5.00", and points offers
image_url, product_url, product_id, article_number	Media and identifiers
location, location_name, location_postal_code, location_coordinates	The store the prices came from
variants, variant_count, variant_group_id	Present when group_variants is on

Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, pull it through the Apify API, schedule recurring runs, or push it into Zapier, Make, Google Sheets and Airbyte.

Why this Actor

• 705 runs across the suite in the last 30 days, none ended in a failed state. Run stats are public on the Apify API; figures from August 2026.
• Covers 12 banners from one input, including Quebec (Maxi, Provigo), Atlantic Canada and Ontario's regional banners. Most Loblaws scrapers stop at Loblaws, Superstore and No Frills.
• Prices down to the individual store. Postal codes resolve against Loblaw's own store directory, the endpoint the storefronts call to fill their store pickers, and every row names the store, its postal code and its coordinates.
• Runs without a browser. The only runtime dependency is the Apify SDK, reading the same JSON API the storefront reads, so you pay for no headless Chrome and hit no CAPTCHAs.
• Needs no credentials at all: no API key, no account, no third-party geocoder, no proxy configuration.
• Normalizes unit prices to $/100 g or $/100 ml, and leaves comparable_unit_price as null where a package size will not parse, which keeps a bad number out of your comparison.
• Refuses out-of-footprint input. A postal code a banner does not serve returns an error naming the provinces it does, so a Quebec query never quietly comes back with an Ontario store.
• Groups package-size variants with group_variants, collapsing a six-size olive oil listing into one row with a variants array.

What people build with it

• Grocery price comparison apps that need live Canadian shelf prices keyed to a store
• Food inflation research, by rerunning a fixed basket weekly and diffing price over time
• CPG competitor monitoring, tracking a brand's shelf price and promotions across all 12 banners
• Deal and flyer sites, pulling is_on_sale, multi_buy_deal and pc_optimum_offer
• AI shopping agents that need grounded prices instead of guessed ones
• Product and price databases keyed by product_id, store and postal code

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
banner	string	yes	One of the 12 banners in Supported stores
categories	string[]	no	Departments or subcategories; 134 entries (all, 13 departments, 120 subcategories)
categoryUrls	string[]	no	Full category URLs for subcategories missing from the dropdown
search_terms	string[]	no	Keyword queries; combined with categories they filter by name instead
postal_code	string	no	Canadian postal code; resolves the nearest store of that banner
locationId	string	no	Explicit store ID, takes priority over postal_code
group_variants	boolean	no	Merge package-size variants into one row. Default false
on_sale_only	boolean	no	Keep only rows with is_on_sale: true. Default false

• At least one of categories, categoryUrls or search_terms is required
• Selecting a department scrapes every subcategory beneath it, discovered from the store's API at runtime
• all scrapes the whole store
• Setting categories and search_terms together filters the category results by product name, with no separate search call. Use search_terms on its own for a dedicated search

Examples

One subcategory:

{ "banner": "superstore", "categories": ["bakery/bread"] }

Departments and subcategories mixed:

{ "banner": "superstore", "categories": ["meat", "dairy-eggs/cheese", "frozen-food/frozen-pizza"] }

Whole store at one location, sale items only:

{ "banner": "superstore", "categories": ["all"], "postal_code": "V6M 2P8", "on_sale_only": true }

Category results filtered by keyword:

{ "banner": "superstore", "categories": ["dairy-eggs"], "search_terms": ["cheese", "yogurt"] }

A subcategory missing from the dropdown:

{ "banner": "superstore", "categoryUrls": ["https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/en/food/fruits-vegetables/fresh-vegetables/lettuce-leafy-vegetables/c/29612"] }

Supported stores

Banner	Store	Provinces
superstore	Real Canadian Superstore	BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, YT
nofrills	No Frills	BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, NB, NS, PE, NL
loblaw	Loblaws	BC, AB, ON
zehrs	Zehrs	ON
fortinos	Fortinos	ON
valumart	Valu-mart	ON, QC
independent	Your Independent Grocer	BC, AB, SK, ON, NB, NS, PE, NL, YT, NT
independentcitymarket	Independent City Market	ON
provigo	Provigo	QC
maxi	Maxi	QC, NB
wholesaleclub	Wholesale Club	BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL
rass	Atlantic Superstore	NB, NS, PE

• Each banner prices independently, so the same SKU can differ by a dollar or more between them
• rass is Atlantic Superstore's internal code, short for "Real Atlantic SuperStore"
• Aliases accepted: "atlantic", "atlantic superstore", "loblaws", "rcss", "no frills", "valu-mart", "yig"

FAQ

How do I scrape Real Canadian Superstore prices? Set "banner": "superstore" and give either search_terms or categories, plus a postal_code for store-level pricing. The Run it input above is a working example.

Can I get grocery prices for a specific postal code? Yes. Pass any Canadian postal_code and the Actor resolves the nearest store of that banner, then reports the store's name, postal code and coordinates on every row.

Does this work for Quebec? Yes. Use maxi or provigo, the two Loblaw banners that operate in Quebec. valumart and wholesaleclub also have Quebec locations.

Is there an official Loblaws API? No. Loblaw publishes no public product or pricing API, which is why this Actor reads the same JSON endpoints the storefronts use.

How do I find my store's location ID? In most cases postal_code is enough. Pass locationId when you want one specific store:

• 1517 Superstore Vancouver Marine Dr, 3641 No Frills Vancouver Denman, 1000 Loblaws Toronto Queen St
• 7234 Maxi Montréal Mt-Royal Ouest, 7907 Provigo Montréal Parc
• 0560 Zehrs Kitchener Laurentian, 2265 Fortinos Hamilton Dundurn, 0315 Atlantic Superstore Oromocto NB

Which banner covers my region?

• Quebec: Maxi, Provigo
• Atlantic Canada: Atlantic Superstore, No Frills, Your Independent Grocer
• Ontario: the widest choice, all eight Ontario banners
• Western Canada: Superstore, No Frills, Your Independent Grocer, Wholesale Club

Can I compare the same product across banners? Yes. Run once per banner with the same search_terms and region, then join on product_id, which is shared across the Loblaw catalogue. For a ready-made cross-chain comparison, use the Canadian Grocery Price Comparison API.

How do I track prices over time? Schedule the Actor daily or weekly in Apify, keep each run's dataset, and compare price per product_id per store. The Actor returns current prices and stores no history itself.

How many products can one run return? A single subcategory is typically tens to hundreds of products; categories: ["all"] walks the entire store. Runs stream to the dataset as they go, so partial results are available while the run continues.

Is scraping Loblaws legal? Scraping publicly available product and price information is generally legal. Complying with the retailer's terms of service and the law in your jurisdiction remains your responsibility, so keep request volume reasonable.

Canadian grocery Actors

Actor	Chains	Coverage
Canadian Grocery Price Comparison API	16, matched and ranked in one run	Nationwide
Loblaws, No Frills, Superstore & Maxi Scraper API - Canada (this Actor)	12 Loblaw banners	Every province, YT, NT
Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart & Urban Fare Scraper API - Canada	4 Pattison Food Group banners	BC, AB, SK, MB
T&T Asian Supermarket Grocery Price Scraper API - Canada	T&T	BC, AB, ON, QC
Costco Scraper API - Warehouse Prices & Deals	Costco warehouses	Canada and US

All four retailer Actors emit the same 21 core fields, among them name, price, was_price, is_on_sale, unit_price, comparable_unit_price, package_size, selling_type and the location set. Their datasets concatenate without a mapping layer. Chain-specific extras such as pc_optimum_offer sit alongside those fields.

Feedback

Found a bug or have technical feedback? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.