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Sobeys Inc.

SBY is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$10.0B

Public
CA

Dow Jones Description

Food Distribution & Retail Services

Number of Employees 33,000

Contact Information

115 King St

Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0

www.sobeys.ca

(902) 752-8371

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers: 424490

Company News

Recent Events

Sobeys Issues First Sustainability Report

11/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
TELUS shares the wealth

11/13/09 - Site Opening - View Story
Church of Christ providing breakfast program

11/07/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Whatever happened to that scary 'A' word?

10/09/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story
Empire Company Ltd. profit rises on strength of Sobeys grocery chain

9/12/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Empire Company Q4 Profit Declines - Update

6/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

sobeys inc. and sysco corp. - All News and Analysis

SYSCO to Acquire SERCA Foodservice Operations and Announces Agreement to Form a New Strategic Alliance With Sobeys Inc

- 2003-04-01

Business Editors HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 5, 2001 SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase for CAD$440 million cash (US$278 million) substantially all of the assets of the SERCA Foodservice operations of Sobeys Inc. (TSE:SBY) and assume the liabilities associated...

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SYSCO Expands Canadian Market Coverage With Acquisition of SERCA Foodservice From Sobeys Inc

- 2002-04-01

Business Editors HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 2002 SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced today it has completed the acquisition of SERCA Foodservice from Sobeys Inc. (TSE:SBY). SYSCO and Sobeys also jointly announced the completion of the sale of SERCA's British Columbia operations to Gordon...

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Sobeys Inc. and Sysco Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of Serca Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service

- 2002-03-25

Sobeys Inc. and Sysco Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of Serca Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Pacific Division of Serca serves customers throughout British Columbia. The operations are offered for sale...

Tags: Gordon Food Service Inc., Sobeys Inc., Sysco Corp.
SYSCO and Sobeys Announce Definitive Agreement to Sell Pacific Division of SERCA Foodservice to Gordon Food Service

- 2002-03-19

Business Editors HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2002 SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, and Sobeys Inc. (TSE:SBY) jointly announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of SERCA Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service. Terms of the transaction were...

Tags: Gordon Food Service Inc., SERCA Foodservice Inc., Sobeys Inc., Sysco Corp.
SYSCO Corp.(and Sobeys Inc to sell SERCA Foodservice Inc's Pacific Division)(Brief Article)

- 2002-01-28

* SYSCO Corp., Houston, and Sobeys Inc., Nova Scotia, jointly announced their intention to sell the Pacific Division operations of SERCA Foodservice Inc. The operations are offered for sale in connection with the earlier announced acquisition by SYSCO of the SERCA foodservice operations from Sobeys. The...

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Sobeys Inc. Strengthens Financial Condition Through Divestiture of SERCA.

- 2001-12-05

STELLARTON, NOVA SCOTIA and TORONTO, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 5, 2001 Sobeys Inc. announced earlier today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its SERCA foodservice operations to SYSCO Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the largest foodservice marketing and...

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