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Sobeys
Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, with over 1,500 stores operating across Canada 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 billionhttps://www.empireco.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Empire-AR.pdf in the fiscal 2019 operating year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. History Sobeys was founded in Stellarton, Nova Scotia by John W. Sobey in 1907 as a meat delivery business. In 1924, his son Frank H. Sobey convinced him to expand into a full grocery business, serving the industrial Pictou County region. From that point until his death, Frank was the driving force behind the business. Sobeys opened its first self-serve supermarket in 1949. The chain eventually expanded thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobeys Ontario Headquarters 2022
Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, with over 1,500 stores operating across Canada 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 billionhttps://www.empireco.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Empire-AR.pdf in the fiscal 2019 operating year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. History Sobeys was founded in Stellarton, Nova Scotia by John W. Sobey in 1907 as a meat delivery business. In 1924, his son Frank H. Sobey convinced him to expand into a full grocery business, serving the industrial Pictou County region. From that point until his death, Frank was the driving force behind the business. Sobeys opened its first self-serve supermarket in 1949. The chain eventually expanded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobeys Headquarters
Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, with over 1,500 stores operating across Canada 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 billionhttps://www.empireco.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Empire-AR.pdf in the fiscal 2019 operating year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. History Sobeys was founded in Stellarton, Nova Scotia by John W. Sobey in 1907 as a meat delivery business. In 1924, his son Frank H. Sobey convinced him to expand into a full grocery business, serving the industrial Pictou County region. From that point until his death, Frank was the driving force behind the business. Sobeys opened its first self-serve supermarket in 1949. The chain eventually expanded thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Company
Empire Company Limited is a Canadian conglomerate engaged mostly in food retail and corporate investments. The company is headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire Company also owns the Sobeys supermarket chain. The company was founded in 1963. In total, the company owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,500 stores; in addition to Sobeys, brands include Safeway, IGA, Foodland, Farm Boy, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drug. Acquisitions Empire Company has a long history of acquisitions: * 1976 Lawton's Drug Stores Limited, which operated 18 stores in Nova Scotia. * November 1980 - July 1981 Empire acquires Sobey Holdings Limited, gaining a 50.97% stake in the company. * February 1983 Empire ups its ownership of Hannaford Bros. Co., an American food retailer, to 25% (Sold in 2000) * June 1987 Empire buys the remaining 49.03% of Sobeys, making it an entirely owned subsidiary. (Sold in 1998, re-bought in 2007) * 1987 Empire buys out its partner in Empire Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safeway (Canada)
Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain of 135 full service supermarket stores mostly operating in the western provinces in Canada. It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold in 2013 to Canada's second-largest supermarket chain, Sobeys, a division of the conglomerate Empire Company. It is now independent from the American company (owned by Albertsons) but continues to use the same Safeway name and logo. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. History Early years Safeway Inc. established its Canadian operation as Canada Safeway Limited with nine stores in 1929 with headquarters in Winnipeg. In 1935, it acquired the 179 Canadian Piggly Wiggly stores. In 1969, Safeway entered the Toronto market by opening new stores, rather than by acquisition. The firm ultimately failed against entrenched competition in this market. 1970s and 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needs Convenience
Needs Convenience is a chain of convenience stores throughout Atlantic Canada. The Needs logo and trademark are owned by Sobeys. Individual stores are operated by independent franchisees. Sobeys is the exclusive supplier to the chain. Many stores operate from 6am-midnight; however, there are some 24-hour locations in larger urban centres. The Needs chain has installed gasoline stations at some locations using either the Ultramar Limited or Sobeys Fast Fuels brands. History The Needs Convenience chain developed from a series of small acquisitions by Sobeys, beginning with the TRA wholesale business in Middleton, Nova Scotia. By the mid-1990s, Needs stores were appearing throughout Atlantic Canada. The Sobeys-owned Green Gables chain was changed over to Needs by the late 1990s as part of a final effort to consolidate the region's up-scale convenience store market. During the early 2000s, Sobeys experimented with converting several Needs stores to the Sobeys Express brand on a limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farm Boy
Farm Boy Inc. is a Canadian food retailer operating in the province of Ontario. The company is based in Ottawa, Ontario. The retailer markets itself as selling fresh produce and food products, with an emphasis in their branding on farm-to-table. Its current slogan can be found under the Farm Boy sign on its stores, "It's All About The Food." It was announced in late September 2018 that the company would be acquired by Sobeys' parent, Empire Company Ltd. History In December 1981, Collette and Jean-Louis Bellemare opened the first Farm Boy on Cumberland Street in Cornwall, Ontario. At that time, the modest 300 sq. ft. store sold only produce. The original store was moved in 1984 by Jean-Louis and his brother Normand Bellemare. The move to their 5,000 sq. ft. (460 m2) Sydney Street location allowed them to expand their products beyond produce with dairy, deli, cheese, and meat product lines. An in-store bakery and bulk food were later added. The equity firm Berkshire Partners has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IGA (supermarkets)
IGA, Inc., is an American chain of grocery stores that operates in more than 41 countries. Unlike the chain store business model, IGA operates as a franchise through stores that are owned separately from the brand. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. It was founded in the United States as the Independent Grocers Alliance in 1926. The headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois. United States IGA was started in May 1926 when a group of 100 independent retailers in Poughkeepsie, New York; and Sharon, Connecticut; led by J. Frank Grimes, organized themselves into a single marketing system. Guidance from the IGA management came in the form of marketing and access to a consistent supply chain. After a few years, the company began making its own canned food brand. By the end of its first year, the group had expanded to include more than 150 retailers. In 1930, over 8,000 grocery stores were using the IGA name. It now operates with 500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big 8 Beverages
Big 8 Beverages is a soft drinks company based in the town of Stellarton, near New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Established in 1986 and owned by the Sobeys chain of supermarkets, which is also headquartered in Stellarton, the company produces fizzy soda drinks of a wide range of flavours, and also bottles mineral water. History The Big 8 brand name was created in the 1930s by Fenton and Day Beverages, and is now owned by Sobeys. Created in the 1930s by Fred Day and his brother-in-law George Fenton. They named their cola Big 8 after the eight-cent price for a bottle roughly a litre in size. Coca-Cola wanted to purchase Fenton and Day in 1946, but wouldn't pay what the owners thought the company was worth. Three months later 7-Up Maritimes offered the right price, founders Fenton and Day sold and retired. The Big 8 name stayed idle until Maritime Beverages, under which 7-Up is sold, gave the label to Sobeys free of charge in 1986. Soft drink flavours * Cola * Diet Cola * Diet Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foodland (Canada)
Foodland is a Canadian chain of grocery stores founded in 1985. Its stores are located mostly in rural areas of Atlantic Canada and Ontario. The chain is owned by Sobeys and the stores range in size fro Foodland stores are franchised neighbourhood supermarkets that focus on customer convenience and offering a wide selection of conventional supermarket products such as produce, meats, dairy products, frozen food, dry goods, baked goods and deli products. Locations New Brunswick Current * Bathurst, New Brunswick, Bathurst * Blackville * Dalhousie * Florenceville-Bristol * Grand Falls * Minto * Miramichi * Quispamsis * Petitcodiac * Rexton * Sackville * Grand Bay-Westfield Former * Edmundston * Perth-Andover * Tracadie–Sheila Newfoundland and Labrador * Arnold's Cove * Badger's Quay * Bay Bulls * Bloomfield * Bonavista * Botwood * Burgeo * Bay Roberts * Carbonear * Carter's Cove * Deer Lake * Ferryland * Gander * Glovertown * Harbour Breton * Joe Batt's Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawtons
Lawtons is a Canadian drug store chain owned by the Sobeys Group of Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a head office located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. Operations The company has over 67 locations operating throughout Atlantic Canada, in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In many Atlantic Canada communities, the company is the only drug store. In others, it competes with Shoppers Drug Mart or I.D.A. pharmacies. Its parent company Sobeys has no plans to expand outside Atlantic Canada. The word "Drugs A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalat ..." was dropped from the name when a new logo was introduced in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Luckett
Pete Luckett (born 1953) is a British-Canadian entrepreneur and media personality known as a culinary fruit and vegetable expert. A native of Nottingham, England, Luckett emigrated to Canada in 1979, settling in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the early 1990s, he moved from Saint John to Bedford, Nova Scotia and currently makes his home in Gaspereau, Nova Scotia. Enterprises Pete's Fine Foods (ex-Pete's Frootique) Luckett became widely known in the Maritimes for his Pete's Fine Foods (formerly Pete's Frootique) specialty grocery stores. The first Pete's Frootique store opened in 1981 at the Saint John City Market. This is now run by Pete's nephew and his partner. This was followed by a second store that opened on Mountain Road in Moncton. In 1992, the third Pete's Frootique store opened at the Sunnyside Mall in Bedford. In 2004, the fourth Pete's Frootique store opened on Dresden Row in downtown Halifax, and the fifth Pete's Frootique opened in Wolfville in 2012. On March 27, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrifty Foods
Thrifty Foods (often shortened to Thrifty's) is a chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia, Canada. Background Thrifty Foods was founded by Alex Campbell and Ernie Skinner in 1977 when the first store was opened in Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood. , the chain operates 25 stores, with 2 more under construction on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. It is the largest supermarket chain on Vancouver Island. In 2007 it became a division of Sobeys which operated independently of the larger company initially, before being fully integrated. Since 2004, it has operated an on-line grocery service on Vancouver Island. The online ordering system extends into the Metro Vancouver area. The company has an annual scholarship program that gives out $1500 to 20 students that are part of the company's web, either directly or indirectly. Thrifty Foods is the largest private employer on Vancouver Island. In 1999, Thrifty Foods was voted among the Ten Best Companies to Work For in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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