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For the travel category, members can earn and redeem points through the Scene+ Travel portal powered by Expedia for travel-related purchases. [21] In the banking category, members with eligible Scotiabank debit and credit cards can earn points for every card purchase, and can also convert their points into account credit for their Scotiabank ...
Thrifty Foods was founded by Alex Campbell and Ernie Skinner in 1977 when the first store was opened in Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood. As of June 2018, the chain operates 25 stores, with 2 more under construction on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.
Sobeys Inc. [4] is a national supermarket chain in Canada with over 1,500 stores operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than C$25.1 billion [3] in the fiscal 2019 operating year.
Acquired by Sobeys as part of its purchase of the Oshawa Group Ltd., it now operates primarily in Quebec. The IGA operations in Atlantic Canada were sold to Loblaw Companies Limited (except for Edmundston, Shediac and Dieppe, which runs as IGA-Co-op, previously acquired by Sobeys New Brunswick) and were restructured under its existing brands ...
On September 24, 2018, Empire Company Limited, parent of the Sobeys chain of supermarkets, announced that it had signed an agreement to purchase Farm Boy from Berkshire Partners and Farm Boy's management shareholders [2] in a deal worth CA$800 million. Regulatory approval was required for the purchase. [12]
In 1992, the Faculty of Commerce was renamed the Sobey School of Business after Frank H. Sobey, the founder of Empire Company Limited and Sobeys. The Sobey School of Business offers a well-respected Bachelor of Commerce program, with a wide range of specialties, including entrepreneurship , finance , accounting , computing and information ...
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.
Metro is the third-largest grocer in Canada, after Loblaw Companies Limited and Sobeys. Super C is the discount supermarket division operated in Quebec with 106 stores, [3] averaging 4,000 m 2 (43,056 sq ft). In Ontario, Metro has 144 discount [4] supermarkets under the Food Basics banner, which are very similar to the Super C stores.