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A&W
Type Private
Founded 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Headquarters Vancouver, BC, Canada
Key people Paul F.B. Hollands, President and CEO
Industry Fast food
Products Hamburgers, french fries, onion rings
Revenue $559 million CAD (2005)
Employees 20,000 (2005)
Website www.aw.com

[edit] Private label brands

Sobeys' private label products are branded Compliments. The brand was known as Our Compliments when Sobeys acquired it through its purchase of Oshawa Group. In 2005, the company relauched the brand, dropping the Our and expanding the product lineup. The Compliments/Our Compliments brands supplanted the Our Best line of products.

Compliments is divided into several sub-brands. Lower-price products are sold under the Compliments Value name; it is the successor to the Smart Choice label, which was also obtained by Sobeys in the Oshawa Group acquisition. Premium-tier products are part of the Compliments Sensations label which was introduced in November 2005. Compliments Balance is a line of health-conscious products which are evaluated by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, based on Canada's Food Guide, and bear the Health Check symbol. Organic foods which are certified by Quality Assurance International are offered under the Compliments Organic label. During the Christmas season, from November to early January, special products are sold under the Compliments Seasonal Collection name.

Private-label soft drinks are branded Big 8 in Atlantic Canada. Elsewhere, soft drinks are part of the Compliments family.

[edit] Company

In addition to the flagship Sobeys banner, the company also operates supermarkets under a number of banners.

IGA and IGA Extra are the main brands in the province of Quebec. There are also 88 IGA stores in Western Canada and 105 in Ontario. However, Sobeys has announced that it plans to convert most of the remaining IGA stores in Ontario to the Price Chopper, Foodland, or Sobeys banners.[1] An IGA store is also located in mainly French-speaking Edmundston, New Brunswick; it is a rebranded Sobeys location. MarketPlace IGA stores in British Columbia, despite carrying Compliments products, are independently owned by H.Y. Louie.[2]

At the time of the Sobeys takeover of the Oshawa Group, all IGA locations in Atlantic Canada were purchased separately by Loblaws for competition reasons. Loblaws converted these IGA locations to one of their own banners.

Sobeys operates the smaller discount grocery store Price Chopper which has 118 locations in nine provinces and the Northwest Territories. The company also operates the Foodland chain that is located mainly in rural areas of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. Other smaller grocery stores are operated under the Tradition Markets banner in Quebec and the Food Town banner in Western Canada.

[edit] Retired grocery banners

  • Commisso's Food Markets in Ontario were rebranded as Sobeys and Price Chopper.
  • Garden Market IGA store in Western Canada were rebranded as Sobeys
  • Knechtel, a small-market grocery store chain under Oshawa Group, was rebranded as Foodland.
  • Lofood, a small discount grocery store, was rebranded as Price Chopper.

[edit] Other Sobeys-owned enterprises

The company owns the Needs, Sobeys Express, and BoniChoix convenience store chains as well as the Lawtons drug store chain in Atlantic Canada.

Sobeys also owns the wholesale food distribution company TRA Atlantic. The company delivers products to retail outlets, such as convenience stores and gas stations, throughout Atlantic Canada. TRA also operates the Kwik-Way and Clover Farm convenience store chains.

At some Sobeys locations tobacco products are sold in a separate Sobeys-owned store, called Griffins. These outlets are a part of the Sobeys store but are only accessible from the outside due to provincial laws prohibiting stores with pharmacies from selling tobacco products.

A number of Sobeys stores in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have a gas bar branded Sobeys Fast Fuels

Sobeys Express stores carry items commonly found in a convenience store but also include deli and bakery products, as well as produce. The first trial locations opened in early 2004 in Truro, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick but the chain has since expanded into Ontario. The trial locations were converted Needs Convenience stores.

[edit] Empire Company

The Sobeys conglomerate is owned by Empire Company Limited, which is controlled by the Sobey family. In addition to Sobeys, the Empire Company also owns Empire Theatres, Canada's second-largest movie theatre chain, as well as many commercial retail properties through subsidiary Crombie REIT.