| 2016-17 SALES (IN BILLIONS $ U.S.) | 18.1 |
| FISCAL YEAR-END | May |
| SYSTEMWIDE STORES FISCAL 2016-17 YEAR-END | 1,890 |
| STORE FORMATS | Traditional supermarket; convenience store; drug store; urban fresh |
| BRANDS/CONCEPTS | Sobeys; Safeway; IGA extra; Thrifty Foods; IGA; Foodland; FreshCo; Price Chopper; Lawtons Drugs |
| HEADQUARTERS | Stellarton Novia Scotia |
| KEY EXECUTIVES | Franc_ois Vimard / interim president and CEO |
| FOOTNOTES | Estimated lower latest-year sales based on first quarter fiscal 2016-17 reported 1.8% decline in same-store sales continued sales challenges at approximately 200 Safeway stores acquired in Western Canada in 2013; one fewer week of sales in the current 52-week fiscal year versus the 53-week preceding fiscal year. In its native currency Sobeys sales for the fiscal year ended in May 2017 as estimated by Supermarket News will be approximately $23.84 billion versus reported fiscal 2015-16 sales of $24.62 billion. Sobeys generates virtually all revenue for publicly traded Empire Co. Ltd. of Nova Scotia and operates and/or franchises supermarkets; convenience stores; drugstores and fuel centers. |
