Empire Company and its family of brands Partner With District Ventures to Springboard Success for Local Food Entrepreneurs

February 4, 2020 District Ventures

District Ventures, Canada’s leading ecosystem focused on bringing capital, marketing, programming and commercialization to companies in the food, beverage and health CPG industries, is thrilled to announce an innovative new partnership with Empire Company and its family of brands. The national grocer has become title sponsor of District Ventures’ Accelerator program and District Ventures Kitchen.

Empire Company and its Family of Grocers Sign Historic Olympic Sponsorship Becoming First-Ever Official Grocer of Team Canada

October 7, 2019 Empire Company

Empire Company today announced its partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee, proudly making its family of brands the first-ever Official Grocer of Team Canada. Empire’s soon to be launched world class e-commerce platform, Voilà by Sobeys, is also proud to be the Official Online Grocer of Team Canada.

Empire Advances FreshCo Expansion into Western Canada

June 11, 2019 Empire Company

Today Empire Company Limited (“Empire” or the “Company”) (TSX: EMP.A) announced the locations of six additional FreshCo store investments in British Columbia (“B.C.”) as part of its discount format expansion into Western Canada. The announcement follows five successful FreshCo openings in B.C. and Manitoba earlier this Spring. In fiscal 2018, the Company shared plans to expand FreshCo into the West by converting approximately 25% of its underperforming Safeway and Sobeys locations over a five year period.