February 2004 Sobey's acquires Commisso's Food Markets, and Empire Real Estate acquires Commisso's real estate for a total of $103.5 million.
September 2005 Empire Theatres acquires 27 more theatres.
August 2006 Sobey's acquires Achille de la Chevrotière Ltée, including its grocery chain of about 25 stores in Quebec and Ontario. This costs $79.2 million.
July 15, 2007 Empire re-buys the remaining outstanding Sobey's share, making it once again an entirely owned subsidiary.
September 2007 Sobeys buys Thrifty Foods for $256.6 million.
2011 Sobeys purchases 236 retail gas locations for $214.9 million in Québec and Atlantic Canada.[5]
June 2013 Empire buys all of
Safeway Canada's stores for $5.8 billion
September 2018 Empire announces intent to buy
Farm Boy stores in an $800 million deal.[6]
March 2021 Empire announces it will buy 51% stake in
Longo's and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce business for $357 million. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of Empire's 2022 financial year.[7]
Sales of Subsidiaries/Interests
1998 Empire sells 38% of Sobeys, putting it out on the public stock exchange.
2000 Empire sells its 25% stake in Hannaford Bros Co for $1.03 billion.
March 2002 Empire sells Serca Foodservice to SYSCO for $411 million.
June 2005 When Wajax became an income trust, Empire sold 2.875 million shares for $50.8 million.
2006 Empire sells 44 properties to Crombie REIT.
April 2008 Empire sells another 61 properties to
Crombie REIT
October 2013 Sale of Empire Theatres to Cineplex and Landmark is complete.
August 2013 Sobeys sells the land of 68 Safeway locations to Crombie REIT for $900 million.
Oct/Nov/Dec 2013 Sobeys announces the planned sale of 23 of its stores in
Alberta in preparation to the Safeway acquisition; this move was required in order to satisfy the Competition Bureau.[10]