Report: Sobeys to cut 1,300 jobs

STELLARTON, Nova Scotia — Canadian grocer Sobeys, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Co., is reportedly looking to cut 1,300 jobs as it streamlines its distribution operations, according to The Globe and Mail.



According to the report, the grocer, which acquired Safeway Canada in 2013, is shuttering its Milton, Ontario, distribution center after its expanded automated facility in Vaughan, Ontario, launches in October of 2016.



The company’s Calgary facility will close after its recently acquired former Target distribution center opens in mid-2017, according to the article. It expects its King Edward center in Winnipeg to close early in 2016.



Sobeys owns or franchises approximately 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawton’s Drug Stores as well as more than 350 retail fuel locations.