bumping into each other. Is this the future of retail?" In addition to operating the automated warehouse, Ocado's technology provides instructions to delivery vans. Voilà, an online grocery retailer operated by Sobeys launched in June 2020. Charitable sponsorship Sobeys is a national partner of Special Olympics Canada. Locations Sobeys is based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and has 27 distribution centres in Canada. Its stores are located across Canada with 54 in Alberta, 1 in British Columbia, 17 in Manitoba, 23 in New Brunswick, 14 in Newfoundland and Labrador, 42 in Nova Scotia, 90 in Ontario, 5 in Prince Edward Island, and 10 in Saskatchewan. Empire Company The Sobeys conglomerate is owned by Empire Company Limited, which is controlled by the Sobey family. The Empire Company also owns the trademarks to their former Empire Theatres cinema chain, which was until October 2013 Canada's second-largest movie theatre chain, when its locations were split between Cineplex Entertainment (Atlantic locations) and Landmark Cinemas (Ontario and British Columbia). Empire also owns many commercial properties through its subsidiary Crombie REIT. See also List of supermarket chains in Canada References External links Official website Supermarkets of Canada Canadian brands Pictou County Retail companies established in 1907 Companies based in Nova Scotia 1907 establishments in Nova Scotia