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Empire Company Limited is a Canadian conglomerate engaged mostly in food retail and corporate investments. The company is headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire Company also owns the Sobeys supermarket chain. The company was founded in 1963.〔(Company website )〕 ==Acquisitions== Empire Company has a long history of acquisitions. The ones worth mentioning are: * 1976. Lawton's Drug Stores Limited, which operated 18 stores in Nova Scotia. * November 1980 - July 1981 Empire acquires Sobey Holdings Limited, gaining a 50.97% stake in the company. * February 1983 Empire ups its ownership of Hannaford Bros. Co., an American food retailer, to 25% (Sold in 2000) * June 1987 Empire buys the remaining 49.03% of Sobeys, making it an entirely owned subsidiary. (Sold in 1998, re-bought in 2007) * 1987 Empire buys out its partner in Empire Theatres, turning it into an entirely owned subsidiary. * May 1988 Empire buys a 25% stake in Provigo. * 1988 Empire acquires an additional 22% stake in Wajax, resulting in a total ownership of 45%. * June 1989 Empire re-purchases the outstanding share of Atlantic Shopping Centres, making it an entirely owned subsidiary. * December 1993 Empire Real Estate buys 64% of Halifax Developments, Ltd; making it an entirely owned subsidiary. * December 1998 Empire buys Oshawa Group for $1.5 billion. * January 2001 Empire Real Estate buys a 35.7% stake in Genstar Developmental Partnership for $29,000,000. * 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. * 2012 Empire buys 236 retail gas locations in Quebec and Atlantic Canada for $214.9 million. * June 2013 Empire buys all of Safeway Canada's stores for $5.8 billion 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Empire Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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