Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A)
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Aug 8, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

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.

Empire Company Limited
Empire Company logo
CountryCanada
Founded1907
IndustryGrocery Stores
SectorConsumer Staples
Employees128,000
CEOMichael Medline

Contact Details

Address:
115 King Street
Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0
Canada
Phone902 752 8371
Websiteempireco.ca

Stock Details

Ticker SymbolEMP.A
ExchangeToronto Stock Exchange
Share ClassClass A Shares
Fiscal YearJune - May
Reporting CurrencyCAD
ISIN NumberCA2918434077
SIC Code5411

Key Executives

NamePosition
Michael Bennett MedlinePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pierre St-LaurentExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Constantine PefanisExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Clinton David Keay C.A., CPASenior Vice President of Corporate Finance
John G. MorrowVice President and Comptroller
Charles Joseph MulvennaPresident of Safeway Operations - Sobeys
Yves LaverdièrePresident of Sobeys Québec
Lori RhynoDirector of Store Operations in Northern Nova Scotia
Tammy MacPheeDistrict Operator