Empire
Empire Company Limited is a Canadian conglomerate engaged mostly in food retail and corporate investments. The company is headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire Company also owns the Sobeys supermarket chain. The company was founded in 1963.
Empire Co. Ltd. engages in food retailing and corporate investment activities. It operates through two segments: Food Retailing and Investments and Other Operations. The Food Retailing Segment consists of the distribution of food products in Canada. The Investments and Other Operations segment consist of equity accounted interest in Crombie REIT, Genstar and wholly-owned Empire Theatres. It operates under retail banners that include Sobeys, Sobeys extra, IGA, IGA extra, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, FreshCo and Safeway. The company was founded on February 12, 1963, and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.
