Loblaw Companies Limited is participating in the Scotia Capital Back to School Conference on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Canada's largest food retailer and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services will be attending the event in Toronto. The presentation starts at 2:40 p.m. and will be carried out by Executive Chairman, Galen G. Weston. The Investor Centre of loblaw.ca. will be providing presentation slides and a link to the webcast. Also, the audiocast will be available for three months following the event on the Scotia Capital Website at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/scocap5/.