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Sobeys Inc. (Empire Co. Ltd.)

2017-2018 SALES RANK14
2017-18 SALES (IN BILLIONS $ U.S.)18.92
FISCAL YEAR-ENDMay
SYSTEMWIDE STORES FISCAL 2017-181927
BRANDS/CONCEPTSSobeys; Safeway; IGA extra; Thrifty Foods; IGA; Foodland; FreshCo; Price Chopper; Lawtons Drugs
HEADQUARTERSStellarton Novia Scotia
STORE FORMATTraditional supermarket; convenience store; drug store; urban fresh
KEY EXECUTIVESMichael Medline / president and CEO
NOTESIn native Canadian currency estimated sales for fiscal 2017-18 ended in May 2018 are $24.22 billion (Canadian) up 1.7% from reported fiscal 2016-17 sales of $23.81 billion on the basis of forecast growth in the second nine months of store-base growth or about 0.7% and same-store-sales improvement of about 1.1%.