date:Mar 13, 2014
ings were negatively affected by a highly promotional environment.
The company cemented its position as Canada's No. 2 grocer with the acquisition of Safeway Canada, which contributed C$1.62 billion to Empire's total sales in the third quarter.
Empire's total sales rose more than 40 percent to C$6.02 billion, helped by higher sales from its food retailing business.
Sales at established Sobeys stores, an important measure for retailers, fell 0.2 percent from the year-earlier quarter.
Loblaw,