Sobeys
Canadian supermarket chain owned by Empire Company Limited / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Canadian retailer. For other uses, see Sobey (disambiguation).
Sobeys Inc.[4] is a national supermarket chain in Canada with over 1,500 stores operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than C$25.1 billion[3] in the fiscal 2019 operating year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate.[5]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail[1] |
Founded | 1907; 117 years ago (1907) Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Headquarters | Stellarton, Nova Scotia [2] |
Key people | Michael Medline (president & CEO) |
Products | Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, frozen foods, general grocery, meat and poultry, produce, seafood, and snacks. |
Number of employees | 123,000 (2019)[3] |
Parent | Empire Company |
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Website | corporate |
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It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada.[6]