Metro opened a new $12-million Super C grocery store Thursday in the Buckingham area of Gatineau, Que.

The 35,000-square-foot outlet is located in a new building at 155 Avenue Lépine. Metro leased the space, a company spokeswoman told Connect.

The store is the company’s 106th Super C location.

Buckingham is a former city that was incorporated into Gatineau in the early 2000s. Gatineau is located on Quebec’s western edge in the National Capital Region, which includes Ottawa and surrounding communities in Ontario and Quebec.

“The addition of this new store is part of a deployment plan that will allow us to consolidate our position as the best discounters in Quebec,” aid Loïc Cloutier, Super C’s senior vice-president, in a news release.

The store has created approximately 130 jobs, In conjunction with the opening, the company donated $5,000 to long-time partner Moisson Outaoais through the grocery chain’s One More Bite food recovery program.

In early November, Metro opened a new 600,000-square-foot automated distribution centre in the Greater Montreal Area. The company is a major food and pharmacy player in Quebec and Ontario with $19 billion in annual sales and 95,000 employees.

Photo: Courtesy of Metro