Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A)
49.66
+0.70 (1.43%)
Aug 10, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
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, Voilà par IGA, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com; and operates and/or supplies retail fuel locations.
Empire Company Limited was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.
Empire Company Limited

| Country | Canada |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Industry | Grocery Stores |
| Sector | Consumer Staples |
| Employees | 130,000 |
| CEO | Pierre St-Laurent |
Contact Details
Address: 115 King Street Stellarton, NS B0K 1S0 Canada | |
| Phone | 902 752 8371 |
| Website | empireco.ca |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | EMP.A |
| Exchange | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Share Class | Class A Shares |
| Fiscal Year | June - May |
| Reporting Currency | CAD |
| ISIN Number | CA2918434077 |
| SIC Code | 5411 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre St-Laurent | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
| Julia Knox | Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Analytics Officer and Chief Retail 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 |
| Katie Brine CPA | Director of Investor Relations |
| Sandra Sanderson | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Sandra Pasquini | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Luc L'Archeveque | Chief Customer Officer |
| John G. Morrow | Vice President and Comptroller |