Canadian grocery retailer Sobeys has announced that Jim Dickson, executive vice president, chief development officer and corporate secretary, is to leave the company to return to private law practice.

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Dickson joined Sobeys in June 2001 following several years as counsel to the company in the law firm Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales.


Stellarton, Nova Scotia-based Sobeys owns or franchises more than 1,300 stores under retail banners that include Sobeys, IGA extra, IGA, and Price Chopper.

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