Compliments

Compliments is a brand of Sobeys Inc., which Empire Company Limited describes as a wholly owned subsidiary. Empire is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: EMP.A) with only Non-Voting Class A shares public; Empire's own corporate history records that it acquired control of Sobey Stores Limited in 1981 and that voting control has stayed with the Sobey family since. Empire's site does not disclose the family's current voting percentage or point to a SEDAR+ filing that does, so this rests on the parent's public statements rather than a filing.

• Home - EmpireCo vendor_statement “Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia... Empire Company Limited is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: EMP.A).”
• The History of Empire - EmpireCo vendor_statement “Empire Company Limited acquires control of Sobey Stores Limited through purchase of Sobey Holdings Limited.”
• Own Brands - Sobeys Corporate vendor_statement “Discover Sobeys Inc.'s Own Brands in our banner locations across the country: Compliments, Panache, Best Buy, Eight Treasures, and Chalo!”

Sobeys Inc. says Compliments is an 'ever-growing product line of approximately 3,400 items' sourced from GFSI-certified suppliers, without naming a single plant or co-packer. This card's categories lean toward perishables (dairy, bakery, meat-and-deli, produce, frozen) that Canadian private-label programs typically pack domestically for freight and shelf-life reasons, while pantry, snack, baby and cleaning lines are more likely made at US or offshore co-packers common across grocery store brands. No published breakdown exists, so this mix is an estimate.

• Own Brands - Sobeys Corporate vendor_statement “Our food products are strictly sourced from GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) certified suppliers, ensuring they are fully traceable and compliant to rigorous standards.”

Sobeys Inc.'s own corporate history page describes it as 'Proudly Canadian, with headquarters in Stellarton, Nova Scotia,' serving Canadians since 1907, and names no office or staff outside Canada on its corporate or Own Brands pages.

• The History of Empire - EmpireCo vendor_statement “Proudly Canadian, with headquarters in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Sobeys has been serving the food shopping needs of Canadians since 1907.”

No ingredient sourcing breakdown is published for Compliments. Its dairy, egg, meat and wheat-based lines draw on Canada's supply-managed and grain sectors, but the range also covers baby food, snacks and household cleaning products that typically use imported palm and tropical oils, cocoa and other inputs Canada does not grow. This mix follows the same reasoning as manufacturing and is not tied to a vendor statement.