Asian grocery giant T&T lands on Sarnia’s shelves

Asian grocery giant T&T is expanding its reach into the Sarnia market, with popular snacks, sauces, frozen foods and pantry items now available at the Real Canadian Superstore on Murphy Road.

A growing selection of T&T products at Real Canadian Superstore is giving Sarnia shoppers easier access to popular Asian snacks, sauces and frozen foods without leaving the city.

Sarnia shoppers looking for popular T&T Supermarket products no longer have to travel to a dedicated T&T location to find them.

The Real Canadian Superstore at 600 Murphy Road in Sarnia has been steadily expanding its selection of T&T grocery items, with products from the well-known Asian supermarket chain now appearing throughout the store.

The Sarnia location began seeing T&T products arrive on shelves throughout 2025. Since then, the selection has grown significantly, with items now found across multiple aisles, including Asian snacks, sauces, pantry staples, frozen foods and other specialty grocery products.

The move is part of a broader push by Real Canadian Superstore locations to carry a curated selection of popular T&T items, making some of the chain’s bestselling products more accessible outside of dedicated T&T stores.

T&T Supermarket is a Canadian Asian supermarket chain headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. It was founded in Vancouver in 1993 by Jack and Cindy Lee and has grown into the largest Asian supermarket chain in Canada.

The company is known for carrying a wide range of products from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian and other Asian cuisines. Full T&T stores often include produce, meat, seafood, bakery items, kitchenware, specialty groceries, hot food counters, dim sum, sushi and Hong Kong-style Chinese barbecue.​

T&T joined Loblaw Companies Limited in 2009, after Loblaw purchased the chain for $225 million. Today, that relationship is helping bring T&T-branded and T&T-selected products into other Loblaw-owned grocery banners, including Real Canadian Superstore.

For Sarnia shoppers, the expanded selection means more variety, more convenience and easier access to products that once may have required a trip to London, Windsor, Toronto or another larger city.

The expanded selection also reflects a changing local grocery market, where shoppers are increasingly looking for international ingredients, new flavours and products that connect them to culture, travel, family recipes or food memories.

The growing T&T presence also brings new competition to Sarnia’s grocery market. Smaller independent stores that focus on international foods have traditionally filled that gap locally, offering specialty products, cultural knowledge and personal service. The arrival of more T&T products at a major national chain gives shoppers more convenience, but it also intensifies competition for local grocers already working to compete with larger retailers.