Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A)
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56.13
+0.43 (0.77%)
Jun 27, 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
Country Canada
Founded 1907
Industry Grocery Stores
Sector Consumer Staples
Employees 129,000
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 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
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