Media Advisory - Empire Company Limited Advisory of Fiscal 2013 Annual General Meeting and Q1 Fiscal 2014 Results Conference Call

STELLARTON, NS, Aug. 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Empire Theatres (Studio 7), Aberdeen Mall, 612 East River Road, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.  The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).

Media

Please note that cameras will only be allowed in the main meeting room for the first five minutes. Paul Sobey, President & Chief Executive Officer, Empire Company Limited will be available to the media immediately following the meeting (approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time).

Audiocast of AGM

The event will be available live on the internet via audiocast.  To access the audiocast, please visit our website at www.empireco.ca.  The audiocast will be archived and available on the Empire website following the event.

Q1 Fiscal 2014 Results Conference Call

Empire Company Limited will hold a conference call on Thursday, September 12, 2013, beginning at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) during which senior management will discuss the Company's financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 ended August 3, 2013.

The dial-in numbers for the conference call are:
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A live audiocast of the conference call will be accessible on the Company's website at www.empireco.ca.  To secure a line, please call 15 minutes prior to the conference call. You will be placed on hold until the conference call begins.  The media and investing public may access this conference call via a listen mode only.

Replay will be available until midnight, September 19, 2013, or on the Company's website for 90 days following the conference call. To access the archived conference call, please dial [phone] and enter passcode 45725330.

ABOUT EMPIRE

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.  Empire's key businesses include food retailing and related real estate.  With over $17 billion in annual sales and approximately $7.1 billion in assets, Empire and its subsidiaries directly employ approximately 47,000 people.

Additional financial information relating to Empire, including the Company's Annual Information Form, can be found on the Company's website at www.empireco.ca or at www.sedar.com.

SOURCE: EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED

Paul V. Beesley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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