Empire Company Limited EMLAF

Company Overview

Empire Company Limited is a Canadian food retail and related real estate company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The company operates primarily through its majority-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., one of Canada’s largest grocery retailers. Empire participates in the food retail, pharmacy, e-commerce, fuel, and real estate sectors, serving consumers across urban and rural Canadian markets through a broad portfolio of banners and formats. Its operations include full-service grocery stores, discount grocery chains, pharmacies, liquor retailing in certain provinces, and online grocery fulfillment services.

The company’s primary revenue driver is retail food sales generated through banners such as Sobeys, Safeway, FreshCo, IGA, Foodland, Farm Boy, and Longo’s. Empire also benefits from complementary pharmacy and fuel operations and from strategic real estate interests tied to retail infrastructure. The company traces its origins to 1963, when the Sobey family consolidated a growing regional grocery business in Atlantic Canada. Over time, Empire expanded nationally through acquisitions and banner diversification, including the transformational acquisition of the Canadian assets of Safeway in 2013 and later investments in premium and e-commerce grocery platforms.