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Sobeys profile

A guide to the retailer, its strategic priorities and operations today. Updated to include recent new initiatives.

Sobeys: data

See data on the retailer’s performance and forecasts for its operations by channel.

North America retail outlook 2022

We highlight five trends set to shape the food and consumer goods retail market across North America in 2022. 

Canada Country Presentation

A guide to the Canadian grocery market and how we expect the country, its leading retailers and channels to evolve over the next five years.

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Sobeys focused on loyalty, store optimisation and customer experience

We review Sobeys’ second quarter performance and its priorities for the second half of the year.

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First look: Farm Boy, St. Clair, Toronto
Sobeys’ Farm Boy banner opened its latest store with the conversion of a former Sobeys Urban Fresh location in downtown Toronto. We showcase some of the key features of this new store. Acquired to spearhead Sobeys’ push in urban locations Sobeys acquired Farm Boy at the end of 2018, in a deal designed to help the retailer drive its penetration in urban locations. At the point of acquisition...
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How Sobeys is activating its new loyalty programme in-store
In June, Sobeys’ parent company, Empire Company Limited, became co-owner of Scene+, an established loyalty programme in Canada. With a plan to transform it into one of the country’s leading loyalty programmes, the retailer has embarked on national roll-out. We look at how it’s launching the programme in-store in western Canada. National roll-out to be completed by early 2023 Sobeys commence...
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Sobeys remains optimistic as shoppers focus on value
We review Sobeys’ first quarter performance and the outlook for the year ahead as it continues to advance its ecommerce, value and loyalty initiatives. Q1 key numbers Total sales increased 4.1% to $7,938m Same-store sales, ex-fuel, increased 0.4% Excluding fuel, gross margin increased 63 basis points Net earnings flat (-$1.0m) Final year of Project Horizon The retailer s...
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