Media advisory - Empire Company Limited Q3 Fiscal 2012 Results Conference Call

STELLARTON, NS, Feb. 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, beginning at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) during which senior management will discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 ended February 4, 2012.

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.  Replay will be available until midnight, March 20, 2012, 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 56788032.

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire's core businesses include food retailing and related real estate.  With over $16 billion in annual revenue and approximately $6.5 billion in assets, Empire and its related companies directly employ approximately 49,000 people.

Paul V. Beesley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: [phone]
www.empireco.ca