Empire is a Canadian company whose key businesses are food retailing and related real estate. Co. has two operating segments: food retailing, in which its subsidiary, Sobeys Inc. owns, affiliates or franchises stores under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy and Lawtons Drugs; and investments and other operations, in which Co. holds a 41.5% equity accounted interest in Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, a national retail property landlord that owns, operates and develops a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores and mixed-use developments primarily in Canada's urban and suburban market.