Empire Company Ltd T.EMP.A

Alternate Symbol(s): EMLAF

Consumer Defensive Food Distribution

Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company, which is engaged in the business of food retailing, through wholly owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc. (Sobeys), and related real estate. The Company's segments include Food retailing, and Investments and other operations. Sobeys owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's and Lawtons Drugs, operates grocery e-commerce under the banners Voila, Voila par IGA and ThriftyFoods.com, and operates and/or supplies more than 350 retail fuel locations. Investments and other operations segment consists of investments in Crombie REIT, real estate partnerships and various other corporate operations. Crombie REIT is focused on owning, operating and developing a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores and mixed-use developments primarily in Canada's urban and suburban markets.

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Post by Finantialon Apr 16, 2014 6:30am

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Sobeys Inc. sells Winnipeg Price Chopper to the North West C

STELLARTON, NS, April 15, 2014 /CNW/ - Sobeys Inc. today announced that a binding purchase and sale agreement has been entered into with The North West Company for its Price Chopper location in Winnipeg, MB. The sale is part of Sobeys' October, 2013 Consent Agreement with the Competition Bureau related to its purchase of Canada Safeway and is subject to approval by the Competition Bureau.

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