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Sobeys

Sobeys Inc. is a national grocery retailer in Canada. They serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than

Founded
1907
119 years ago
Staff
10001+
16,540 on LinkedIn
Followers
142k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$300M
as listed, USD

As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, Sobeys Inc. serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces with retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 330 retail fuel locations. Our five core retail food formats are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve, from our full service format to the… Read all

As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, Sobeys Inc. serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces with retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 330 retail fuel locations. Our five core retail food formats are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve, from our full service format to the convenience format, each tailored to satisfy the unique occasion-based food shopping needs of our customers. Our 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates are committed to building sustainable worth for each of our customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders through our focus on food, innovation and superior customer service. __________________ En tant que l'un des deux seuls détaillants alimentaires présents dans tout le Canada, Sobeys Inc. répond aux besoins en épicerie de sa clientèle par le biais de ses quelque 1 500 magasins. Répartis dans chacune des dix provinces, ceux-ci arborent diverses bannières de détail dont Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods et Lawtons Drugs, ainsi que plus de 330 stations d'essence. Nos magasins d'alimentation sont conçus en fonction de cinq concepts de base afin que l'offre aux consommateurs et la taille des magasins conviennent le mieux à chacun des marchés que nous desservons. Du magasin à gamme complète de services jusqu'au dépanneur, chacun est adapté de façon à combler les besoins particuliers de notre clientèle en fonction de l'occasion d'achat. En raison de l'importance qu'ils accordent à l'alimentation, à l'innovation et à l'excellence du service à la clientèle, nos quelque 125 000 employés et marchands affiliés se montrent soucieux de créer de la valeur de façon durable pour chacun de nos partenaires, qu'ils soient clients, employés, fournisseurs ou actionnaires.

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Size

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10001+ people: larger than 100% of companies with a size listed. 16,540 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

190719002026

119 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #60,376 in the world for traffic, about 982k visits a month. 142,403 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

Food and BeverageGroceryHospitalityRetailGrocery / ÉpicerieRetail / Commerce de détailDistribution / DistributionCorporate / EntreprisePharmacy & Healthcare / Pharmacie

What it is known for

grocery epicerieretail commerce de detaildistribution distributioncorporate entreprisepharmacy healthcare pharmacieretail store design innovationfood productsprivate label product developmentretail marketing campaignsprivate brandsretail customer loyaltysustainabilityretail historyretail trainingretail growthretail innovation

What its website runs on

ProofpointGoogle Search ConsoleAkamai CDN SolutionsApple Business ManagerAkamaiAkamai Edge DNSApple School ManagerMailgunAkamai Web Application & API ProtectorAtlassianCisco CollaborationCisco Webex Control HubCisco WebEx TeamsMicrosoft 365Facebook PixelAdobeDocuSigncdnjs

Funding, as listed

$300M raised in total

  • LatestDebt Financing, Oct 2025
  • Latest amountUSD 300,000,000

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves, and do not hold this company in the startups database.

Annual revenue$23B
FoundersGreg Dunlop, John W. Sobey
Part ofEmpire Company Limited
Retail locations81
NAICS445110

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Sobeys, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Sobeys
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
1907
Founders
Greg Dunlop, John W. Sobey
Industry
Retail
Categories
Food and Beverage, Grocery, Hospitality, Retail
Specialities
Grocery / Épicerie, Retail / Commerce de détail, Distribution / Distribution, Corporate / Entreprise, Pharmacy & Healthcare / Pharmacie

Where

City
Stellarton
Region
Nova Scotia
Country
Canada
Retail locations
81

Size and reach

Staff band
10001+
People on LinkedIn
16,540
LinkedIn followers
142,403
Web traffic rank
#60,376
Monthly web visits
982,483
Annual revenue
$23B

Funding, as listed

Total
$300,000,000 USD
Latest round
Debt Financing
Latest round date
Oct 2025
Latest amount
300,000,000 USD
Listing status
private

Corporate family

Part of
Empire Company Limited
Parent website
empireco.ca
Sub-organisations
13

Classification

NAICS
445110
SIC
5411
Keywords
16 listed, shown above
Technologies
18 detected, shown above

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn, Apollo
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

Sobeys' parent company reported comparable sales growth but experienced a decline in adjusted profits as shoppers felt the impact of inflation. Additionally, Sobeys halted the construction of a new robotic warehouse in Vancouver, which led to a significant drop in Ocado's stock price. The company also decided to slow down its e-commerce expansion to improve profitability.

Summaries written by the source dataset, not by us, and not checked.

Companies like it

Retail in Canada.

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