Sobeys' parent Empire takes aim at major competitors for giving Big grocery a bad name

The head of one of Canada’s biggest supermarket chains used a routine earnings update on Wednesday to call out his top rivals over a series of controversies involving pandemic pay and new supplier fees that have tarnished the sector’s reputation. Michael Medline, chief executive of Sobeys’ parent company Empire Co. Ltd., told investors on a conference call that his company paid millions of dollars in “hero pay” bonuses to...