Empire Company Company Description
Empire Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada.
It operates through two segments, Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The company owns, affiliates, and franchises retail stores under the Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo’s, and Lawtons Drugs brands; operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, IGA, and ThriftyFoods.com brands; and operates and/or supplies retail fuel locations.
It also owns interests in the Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, an open-ended real estate investment trust to own, operate, and develop a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores, and mixed use developments; and various equity accounted interests in Genstar that develop residential real estate properties in Ontario, Western Canada, and the United States.
Empire Company Limited was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.
| Country | Canada |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Industry | Grocery Stores |
| Sector | Consumer Staples |
| Employees | 128,000 |
| CEO | Michael Medline |
Contact Details
Address: 115 King Street Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0 Canada | |
| Phone | 902 752 8371 |
| Website | empireco.ca |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | EMLAF |
| Exchange | OTCMKTS |
| Share Class | Class A Shares |
| Fiscal Year | June - May |
| Reporting Currency | CAD |
| ISIN Number | CA2918434077 |
| SIC Code | 5411 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael Bennett Medline | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| Pierre St-Laurent | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
| Douglas B. Nathanson J.D. | Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
| Constantine Pefanis | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Clinton David Keay C.A., CPA | Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance |
| Julia Knox | Chief Technology and Analytics Officer and Chief Privacy Officer |
| Katie Brine CPA | Director of Investor Relations |
| Sandra Sanderson | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Sandra Pasquini | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| John G. Morrow | Vice President and Comptroller |