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The Loblaws flagship location on Carlton Street in Toronto is shown on Thursday May 2, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

TORONTO - George Weston Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago, weighed down by a fair value adjustment as a result of an increase of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust's unit price in the quarter.

The company, which is the controlling unitholder of Choice Properties and the controlling shareholder of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 89.38 cents per share, up from 82 cents.

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