Empire Co Ltd operates in the Grocery stores sector. Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company whose key businesses include food retailing, and related real estate and corporate investment activities. Food retailing is carried out through wholly owned Sobeys Inc. (Sobeys), which is a national grocery retailer and food distributor. It operates in two segments: food retailing, which consists of distribution of food products in Canada, and real estate, which consists of development and ownership of both commercial and residential properties. The real estate business is carried out through a wholly owned operating subsidiary ECL Properties Limited (ECL), which included a ECL Developments Limited, as well as a 40.7% ownership interest in Genstar Development Partnership, a 44.8% interest in Genstar Development II Partnership and a 46.4% interest in Crombie REIT. Corporate investment activities and other operations includes ETL Canada Holdings Limited; Kepec Resources Limited, a party to a joint venture with APL Oil and Gas Limited. In our complete report available for purchase the company is compared to: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Metro Incorporated and Loblaw Companies Limited.