Empire Co. Ltd., owner of Sobeys supermarket chain, said second-quarter sales increased slightly to $7.78 billion compared with $7.75 billion last year and profits declined to $173.4 million from $181.1 million last year.
Empire owns Canada’s second-largest supermarket conglomerate.
It owns Sobeys, Longo’s, Safeway, Thrifty, Rachelle Bery, Tradition and BoniChoix stores.
