STELLARTON, N.S. – The Sobeys grocery chain and its parent company say their chief executive and president has left the organization — effective immediately.
Marc Poulin is being replaced in those roles on an interim basis by the chief financial officer of Empire Company, Francois Vimard.
Poulin’s sudden departure from the Empire organization follows a series of huge losses related to the acquisition of Canada Safeway as Sobeys expanded its position in Western Canada.