Sobeys Inc: Strategic Corporate Assessment

Introduction

In June 2007, the shareholders of Sobeys and its parent company, Empire Company, approved the plan for converting Sobeys into a private company. With 100% shareholding, Empire Company would provide the support that Sobeys needs to continue to make progress towards achieving its goals.

Scope

• Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
• Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
• Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies

Highlights

• Sobeys is a grocery retailer in food distribution business and operated 1,296 stores across Canada in 10 provinces under retail banners such as Sobeys, IGA, IGA extra, Foodland and Price Chopper as of September 2007.
• The company sells nearly 3,700 of its private label products under the brand name 'Compliments'. In addition, the company introduced two sub-brands: Compliments Organics, which is a line of organic products; and Compliments balance-equilibre, a line of health products.
• The company remains focused on improving product, service and merchandising offerings within each format by realigning and renovating its current store base, while continuing to build new stores. It has strong market presence in Canada which enhances the company's brand image, provides economies of scale and gives it a competitive edge.

Reasons to Purchase

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• Understand company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats along with business strategy and value chain
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