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• Sobeys Releases Sustainability Report

  BNET - 2009-11-23

  STELLARTON, Nova Scotia ? Sobeys has established new targets to reduce greenhouse gases and waste production as part of its first annual sustainability report, the retailer here said Monday. The report outlines the company?s long-term sustainability strategy, including new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% and total waste...

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• Sobeys' New Warehouse ‘Major Leap Forward': Analyst

  BNET - 2009-11-09

  STELLARTON, Nova Scotia ? An automated warehouse capable of moving three times the product of a traditional grocery warehouse while using just one-third of the labor is now fully operational and serving Sobeys stores in Ontario, the company said. The warehouse, located in Vaughn, Ontario, represents a ?major leap forward...

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• Canadian supers

  - 2008-12-15

  TORONTO -- Addressing a financial audience at Scotia Capital's recent analyst conference, executives from Canada's three largest grocery chains were remarkably sanguine about what the future holds for their companies. Loblaw Cos. chief operating officer Dalton Phillips began by dispelling seven myths that he knew had been circulating about...

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• Lawtons capitalizes on synergies with Sobeys' pharmacies

  - 2008-10-13

  DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia -- Unlike in western Canada, which has seen frenetic growth, it has pretty much been business as usual in the Atlantic provinces. Likewise Lawtons Drug Stores has seen little change in its store count. It now has 65 outlets, including a pharmacy-by-mail operation, with 36 stores in...

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• Lawtons' link with Sobeys creates multiple synergies

  - 2008-04-28

  DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia -Although there have been pressures on pharmacy margins in Canada's four Atlantic provinces, where all the outlets operating under the Lawtons Drug Stores banner are located, the chain appears to have enjoyed the same relative success as its competitors. The financial results of the Lawtons stores...

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• Morning Alert for Sobeys Inc.

  - 2006-12-22

  M2 PRESSWIRE-22 December 2006-TSX News: Morning Alert for Sobeys IncC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22122006 Morning Alert for Sobeys Inc (TSX:SBY) SOBEYS INC. is a national grocery retailer and food distributor. The company operates or franchises stores in all ten...

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• A new Canadian heavy weight contender? Sobeys is taking a swing.(Thinking "Inside the Box")

  - 2004-10-01

  We all know about Loblaw and its incredibly strong store brand program, its better profitability than nearly every other chain in North America, its wonderful stores and its strong future. But what else do we know? About its competition, its possible vulnerabilities and other chinks in...

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• Sobeys

  - 2004-09-20

  Canadian grocery retailer Sobeys has announced that Jim Dickson, executive vice president, chief development officer and corporate secretary, is to leave the company to return to private law practice. Dickson joined Sobeys in June 2001 following several years as counsel to the company in the law firm Stewart McKelvey Stifling...

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• Sobeys

  - 2004-09-13

  Canadian grocery retailer and food distributor Sobeys has announced the appointment of Peter Godsoe as chairman of the company. Godsoe joined the Board of Sobeys earlier this year and succeeds Graham Day, who announced his retirement as chairman at the company's annual general meeting, held this week. Graham has served...

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• Sobeys consolidates in-house brands into one new private label line.(Sobeys Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-09-13

  Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys Inc. unveiled a new private label line called Compliments, which will replace both Sobeys in-house premium brand called Our Compliments and its discount brand, Smart Choice. The initiative is part of the chain's efforts to reduce costs and improve profitability and will...

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