Empire's Sandra Sanderson to receive 2026 Canadian Grand Prix Lifetime Achievement Award Sanderson to receive award alongside PepsiCo Canada CEO Cara Keating This week in grocery news: Empire’s ‘strategic’ deal, discount versus conventional Here’s what you might have missed Empire acquires Quebec food retailer Mayrand Deal marks company’s entry into the province’s discount and warehouse food market FreshCo to open first stores in Atlantic Canada Empire’s discount grocery banner announces three locations in Nova Scotia Sobeys VP talks Compliments brand refresh, 'innovative' new products Private label's rebrand reflects evolving shopper expectations Sobeys owner Empire to remove some buy Canadian signage The grocer is scaling back on-shelf local identifiers, citing better-informed consumers FoodHero reports helping divert seven million pounds of food from waste in 2025 In its latest impact report, company says there's growing momentum to give perfectly good food a second life Farm Boy expands north with Collingwood, Ont. location Taking over a former Sobeys location, the new store opens on March 26 Sobeys unveils Compliments brand refresh The grocer says the revamp reflects a shift in how Canadian shoppers define value Empire posts Q3 loss as it takes charges tied to Voilà closure in Alberta Though it impacted earnings, CEO Pierre St-Laurent says the one-time loss sharpens the company's focus on profitable growth 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last
