IGA

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

1 further ownership link is recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so it is not shown here.

What’s documented

• 2023-09-28laborRelationsUFCW locals representing Sobeys and Safeway workers in Western Canada secured 98-99% strike authorization votes in September 2023 after Empire Company initially offered wage increases of less than 1% and sought concessions. Following the strike mandates, Empire agreed to settlement terms that included the highest wage increases in 25 years for grocery workers and pathways to more full-time positions.source →
• 2023-03-08lobbyingEmpire Company Limited CEO Michael Medline appeared before a federal parliamentary committee studying food price inflation on March 8, 2023. Medline denied that Sobeys' profit margins were responsible for elevated food prices, telling members of Parliament that suggestions of corporate profit-margining were 'false.'source →

What we’ve classified so far

• political influence1
• worker exploitation1