La primera "T" representa la Uni-President Enterprises Corp., una empresa pública y uno de los 10 principales conglomerados en Taiwan. El nombre chino de la Uni-President se pronuncia "Yee Tung". La segunda "T" viene de "El sabor de frescura", que implica los productos que usted encuentra en T & T Supermarket estancia fresca en todo momento.
T & T Supermarket Inc. is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. In 1993, the first T & T was opened in Burnaby's famous "Metropolis at Metrotown" shopping centre in Greater Vancouver.
T & T is part of Loblaw Companies, who purchased it in July 2009 for $225 million in consideration, consisting of $191 million in cash and $34 million in preferred shares. The consideration paid above and beyond the tangible asset base of the company (i.e. the accounting goodwill) totalled $180 million. The chain had been created as a joint venture of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, one of Taiwan's ten largest conglomerates; Tawa Supermarkets Inc., a California-based chain of Asian supermarkets; and a group of Canadian investors.