{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"138510","rtpr_id":"nGNX25vJW5-20260908","ticker":"L","exchange":"TSX","all_tickers":["L"],"title":"Loblaw to Provide Strategic Updates on its Core Retail Businesses and Emerging Growth Platforms at its Upcoming “Retail and Beyond” Investor Day","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-08T21:30:00.096Z","article_body":"BRAMPTON, Ontario, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Loblaw Companies Limited\n(TSX: L) (“Loblaw” or the “Company”) will host its Investor Day on\nSeptember 9, 2026, under the theme “Retail and Beyond.” The event will\nprovide investors with an update on the Company’s strategy, operating\npriorities, opportunities for profitable growth and how it is meeting customer\nneeds across its core retail businesses and adjacent areas of growth.\n\nDuring Investor Day, Loblaw will provide updates on its core retail\nbusinesses, including its Super Market, Hard Discount and Shoppers Drug Mart\ndivisions, as well as growth areas including supply chain as a service, retail\nmedia and data, Lifemark, and T&T’s expansion into the U.S. market.\nManagement will discuss how the Company intends to build on the strength of\nits retail network, customer relationships, healthcare capabilities, data and\nother assets to support sustainable, profitable growth over time and further\nits purpose to help Canadians Live Life Well. Management will also provide\nadditional detail on the following areas of the Company’s business:\n* Long-Term Financial Framework. Loblaw’s business strategy is designed to\nsupport its long-term financial framework that targets annual adjusted diluted\nnet earnings per common share growth of approximately 8% to 10%.\n* Retail Excellence. Across its Food and Drug businesses, the Company remains\nfocused on delivering value, quality, service and convenience across a broad\nrange of customer needs. By leveraging its scale and continuing to drive\nefficiencies across its operations, Loblaw intends to reinvest in value and\nservice for customers to grow its customer base faster than the broader\nmarket.\n* High Growth Businesses. Loblaw has invested to scale complementary\nbusinesses beyond its core retail portfolio, including supply chain as a\nservice, retail media and data, and Lifemark. These businesses, plus the\ncontribution from EQB Inc. and T&T’s expansion into the U.S., are expected\nto collectively generate approximately 10% of the Company’s operating income\nin 2026. With higher growth profiles, the Company expects the collective\nearnings contribution from these businesses to double by 2031.\n“At our Investor Day we are setting out how Loblaw will continue to\nstrengthen its core retail businesses while building the next set of growth\nplatforms. Retail excellence remains at the centre of what we do, and the\ncapabilities we have built around it create opportunities to serve customers\nin new ways and generate profitable growth over the long term” said Per\nBank, President and Chief Executive Officer, Loblaw Companies Limited.\n\nThe public will be able to watch the Investor Day presentation by live webcast\ncommencing on September 9, 2026, at 8:30 AM ET, with registration available\nthrough the “Investor” section of the Company’s website at\nwww.loblaw.ca. The Investor Day presentation material will be available on the\nCompany’s website at www.loblaw.ca and will be filed on SEDAR+ at\nwww.sedarplus.ca. A replay of the webcast will be available following the\nevent through the “Investor” section at www.loblaw.ca.\n\n2026 Financial Outlook\n\nUnless otherwise expressly stated, the information contained in the Investor\nDay presentation, including any longer-term targets, aspirations, objectives\nor financial frameworks, does not modify, supersede or replace the Company’s\npreviously disclosed 2026 financial outlook. The Company’s 2026 financial\noutlook remains as set out in its second quarter 2026 earnings release and\nManagement’s Discussion and Analysis.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis News Release and the Investor Day presentation contain forward-looking\nstatements about Loblaw and its subsidiaries, including management’s\nassessment of the Company’s future plans and operations, and are intended to\nprovide investors and shareholders with information about the Company. Such\nforward-looking statements may not be appropriate for other purposes.\n\nForward-looking statements include statements about the Company’s\nobjectives, plans, goals, aspirations, strategies, financial condition,\nresults of operations, cash flows, performance, prospects, opportunities and\nlegal and regulatory matters. Specific forward-looking statements in this News\nRelease and the Investor Day presentation include, but are not limited to,\nstatements with respect to the Company’s anticipated future results, events\nand plans, strategic initiatives and restructuring, regulatory changes\nincluding further healthcare reform, future liquidity, planned capital\ninvestments, and the status and impact of IT systems implementations, as well\nas statements regarding the Company’s financial framework and earnings\ncontribution from higher growth businesses.\n\nForward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as\n“expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “foresee”, “could”,\n“estimate”, “goal”, “intend”, “plan”, “seek”,\n“strive”, “will”, “may”, “should”, “designed” and similar\nexpressions, as they relate to the Company and its management. All statements\nother than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements.\n\nForward-looking statements reflect the Company’s estimates, beliefs and\nassumptions, which are based on management’s perception of historical\ntrends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other\nfactors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. The Company’s\nestimates, beliefs and assumptions are inherently subject to significant\nbusiness, economic, competitive and other uncertainties and contingencies\nregarding future events and, as such, are subject to change. The Company can\ngive no assurance that such estimates, beliefs and assumptions will prove to\nbe correct.\n\nNumerous risks and uncertainties could cause the Company’s actual results to\ndiffer materially from those expressed, implied or projected in the\nforward-looking statements, including those described in the Company’s\nManagement’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) in the 2025 Annual Report\nand the Company’s Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the year ended\nJanuary 3, 2026.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking\nstatements, which reflect the Company’s expectations only as of the date of\nthis News Release or the Investor Day presentation, as applicable. Except as\nrequired by law, the Company does not undertake to update or revise any\nforward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise.\n\nAll forward-looking statements contained in this News Release and the Investor\nDay presentation, and all subsequent forward-looking statements, whether\nwritten or oral, attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf,\nare expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.\n\nNon-GAAP and Other Financial Measures\n\nThis News Release and the Investor Day presentation contain references to\ncertain non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios, including adjusted\nEBITDA, adjusted net earnings available to common shareholders of the Company,\nadjusted diluted net earnings per common share, adjusted return on equity, and\nadjusted return on capital.\n\nThe Company believes these non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios\nprovide useful information to both management and investors in measuring the\nfinancial performance and financial condition of the Company. Management uses\nthese and other non-GAAP and other financial measures to exclude the impact of\ncertain expenses and income that must be recognized under generally accepted\naccounting principles (“GAAP”) when analyzing underlying consolidated\noperating performance, as the excluded items are not necessarily reflective of\nthe Company’s underlying operating performance and may make comparisons of\nunderlying financial performance between periods difficult. The Company\nadjusts for these items if it believes doing so would result in a more\neffective analysis of underlying operating performance. The exclusion of\ncertain items does not imply that they are non-recurring.\n\nThese measures do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and\ntherefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by\nother publicly traded companies and should not be construed as alternatives to\nfinancial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.\n\nFor definitions of the non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios used\nby the Company, together with the applicable reconciliations to the most\ndirectly comparable GAAP measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP and Other\nFinancial Measures” section of the Company’s most recently filed MD&A,\navailable under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and at\nwww.loblaw.ca.\n\nAbout Loblaw Companies Limited\n\nLoblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian public company incorporated in 1956 and\nis Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, and the nation’s largest retailer.\nThe Company’s continuing retail operations are comprised of several\noperating segments and now represent the only reportable segment due to the\nsimilar nature of the products and services offered. All material operations\nare carried out in Canada. The segment consists primarily of corporate and\nfranchise-owned retail food and Associate-owned drug stores and e-commerce\nplatforms, and includes in-store pharmacies, healthcare services, other health\nand beauty products, apparel, other general merchandise, wireless products and\nservices, logistics services, retail media and the PC Optimum™ loyalty\nprogram. The Company also provided credit card and everyday banking services\nand insurance brokerage services through its PC Financial business, until its\nsale to EQB Inc. on July 1, 2026. PC Financial’s results, net of\nintersegment eliminations, have been presented separately as discontinued\noperations in the Company’s current and comparative results.\n\nInvestor Relations\n\nRoy MacDonald\nVice President, Investor Relations\ninvestor@loblaw.ca\n\nMedia Relations\n\nScott Bonikowsky\nSenior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communication\npr@loblaw.ca\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/af04cea5-0872-42a5-8dec-d296a3eb5cd1)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX25vJW5-20260908","title":"Loblaw to Provide Strategic Updates on its Core Retail Businesses and Emerging Growth Platforms at its Upcoming “Retail and Beyond” Investor Day","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"L","created":"2026-09-08T21:30:00.096Z","tickers":["L"],"exchange":"TSX","article_body":"BRAMPTON, Ontario, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Loblaw Companies Limited\n(TSX: L) (“Loblaw” or the “Company”) will host its Investor Day on\nSeptember 9, 2026, under the theme “Retail and Beyond.” The event will\nprovide investors with an update on the Company’s strategy, operating\npriorities, opportunities for profitable growth and how it is meeting customer\nneeds across its core retail businesses and adjacent areas of growth.\n\nDuring Investor Day, Loblaw will provide updates on its core retail\nbusinesses, including its Super Market, Hard Discount and Shoppers Drug Mart\ndivisions, as well as growth areas including supply chain as a service, retail\nmedia and data, Lifemark, and T&T’s expansion into the U.S. market.\nManagement will discuss how the Company intends to build on the strength of\nits retail network, customer relationships, healthcare capabilities, data and\nother assets to support sustainable, profitable growth over time and further\nits purpose to help Canadians Live Life Well. Management will also provide\nadditional detail on the following areas of the Company’s business:\n* Long-Term Financial Framework. Loblaw’s business strategy is designed to\nsupport its long-term financial framework that targets annual adjusted diluted\nnet earnings per common share growth of approximately 8% to 10%.\n* Retail Excellence. Across its Food and Drug businesses, the Company remains\nfocused on delivering value, quality, service and convenience across a broad\nrange of customer needs. By leveraging its scale and continuing to drive\nefficiencies across its operations, Loblaw intends to reinvest in value and\nservice for customers to grow its customer base faster than the broader\nmarket.\n* High Growth Businesses. Loblaw has invested to scale complementary\nbusinesses beyond its core retail portfolio, including supply chain as a\nservice, retail media and data, and Lifemark. These businesses, plus the\ncontribution from EQB Inc. and T&T’s expansion into the U.S., are expected\nto collectively generate approximately 10% of the Company’s operating income\nin 2026. With higher growth profiles, the Company expects the collective\nearnings contribution from these businesses to double by 2031.\n“At our Investor Day we are setting out how Loblaw will continue to\nstrengthen its core retail businesses while building the next set of growth\nplatforms. Retail excellence remains at the centre of what we do, and the\ncapabilities we have built around it create opportunities to serve customers\nin new ways and generate profitable growth over the long term” said Per\nBank, President and Chief Executive Officer, Loblaw Companies Limited.\n\nThe public will be able to watch the Investor Day presentation by live webcast\ncommencing on September 9, 2026, at 8:30 AM ET, with registration available\nthrough the “Investor” section of the Company’s website at\nwww.loblaw.ca. The Investor Day presentation material will be available on the\nCompany’s website at www.loblaw.ca and will be filed on SEDAR+ at\nwww.sedarplus.ca. A replay of the webcast will be available following the\nevent through the “Investor” section at www.loblaw.ca.\n\n2026 Financial Outlook\n\nUnless otherwise expressly stated, the information contained in the Investor\nDay presentation, including any longer-term targets, aspirations, objectives\nor financial frameworks, does not modify, supersede or replace the Company’s\npreviously disclosed 2026 financial outlook. The Company’s 2026 financial\noutlook remains as set out in its second quarter 2026 earnings release and\nManagement’s Discussion and Analysis.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis News Release and the Investor Day presentation contain forward-looking\nstatements about Loblaw and its subsidiaries, including management’s\nassessment of the Company’s future plans and operations, and are intended to\nprovide investors and shareholders with information about the Company. Such\nforward-looking statements may not be appropriate for other purposes.\n\nForward-looking statements include statements about the Company’s\nobjectives, plans, goals, aspirations, strategies, financial condition,\nresults of operations, cash flows, performance, prospects, opportunities and\nlegal and regulatory matters. Specific forward-looking statements in this News\nRelease and the Investor Day presentation include, but are not limited to,\nstatements with respect to the Company’s anticipated future results, events\nand plans, strategic initiatives and restructuring, regulatory changes\nincluding further healthcare reform, future liquidity, planned capital\ninvestments, and the status and impact of IT systems implementations, as well\nas statements regarding the Company’s financial framework and earnings\ncontribution from higher growth businesses.\n\nForward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as\n“expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “foresee”, “could”,\n“estimate”, “goal”, “intend”, “plan”, “seek”,\n“strive”, “will”, “may”, “should”, “designed” and similar\nexpressions, as they relate to the Company and its management. All statements\nother than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements.\n\nForward-looking statements reflect the Company’s estimates, beliefs and\nassumptions, which are based on management’s perception of historical\ntrends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other\nfactors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. The Company’s\nestimates, beliefs and assumptions are inherently subject to significant\nbusiness, economic, competitive and other uncertainties and contingencies\nregarding future events and, as such, are subject to change. The Company can\ngive no assurance that such estimates, beliefs and assumptions will prove to\nbe correct.\n\nNumerous risks and uncertainties could cause the Company’s actual results to\ndiffer materially from those expressed, implied or projected in the\nforward-looking statements, including those described in the Company’s\nManagement’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) in the 2025 Annual Report\nand the Company’s Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the year ended\nJanuary 3, 2026.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking\nstatements, which reflect the Company’s expectations only as of the date of\nthis News Release or the Investor Day presentation, as applicable. Except as\nrequired by law, the Company does not undertake to update or revise any\nforward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise.\n\nAll forward-looking statements contained in this News Release and the Investor\nDay presentation, and all subsequent forward-looking statements, whether\nwritten or oral, attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf,\nare expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.\n\nNon-GAAP and Other Financial Measures\n\nThis News Release and the Investor Day presentation contain references to\ncertain non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios, including adjusted\nEBITDA, adjusted net earnings available to common shareholders of the Company,\nadjusted diluted net earnings per common share, adjusted return on equity, and\nadjusted return on capital.\n\nThe Company believes these non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios\nprovide useful information to both management and investors in measuring the\nfinancial performance and financial condition of the Company. Management uses\nthese and other non-GAAP and other financial measures to exclude the impact of\ncertain expenses and income that must be recognized under generally accepted\naccounting principles (“GAAP”) when analyzing underlying consolidated\noperating performance, as the excluded items are not necessarily reflective of\nthe Company’s underlying operating performance and may make comparisons of\nunderlying financial performance between periods difficult. The Company\nadjusts for these items if it believes doing so would result in a more\neffective analysis of underlying operating performance. The exclusion of\ncertain items does not imply that they are non-recurring.\n\nThese measures do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and\ntherefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by\nother publicly traded companies and should not be construed as alternatives to\nfinancial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.\n\nFor definitions of the non-GAAP and other financial measures and ratios used\nby the Company, together with the applicable reconciliations to the most\ndirectly comparable GAAP measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP and Other\nFinancial Measures” section of the Company’s most recently filed MD&A,\navailable under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and at\nwww.loblaw.ca.\n\nAbout Loblaw Companies Limited\n\nLoblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian public company incorporated in 1956 and\nis Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, and the nation’s largest retailer.\nThe Company’s continuing retail operations are comprised of several\noperating segments and now represent the only reportable segment due to the\nsimilar nature of the products and services offered. All material operations\nare carried out in Canada. The segment consists primarily of corporate and\nfranchise-owned retail food and Associate-owned drug stores and e-commerce\nplatforms, and includes in-store pharmacies, healthcare services, other health\nand beauty products, apparel, other general merchandise, wireless products and\nservices, logistics services, retail media and the PC Optimum™ loyalty\nprogram. The Company also provided credit card and everyday banking services\nand insurance brokerage services through its PC Financial business, until its\nsale to EQB Inc. on July 1, 2026. PC Financial’s results, net of\nintersegment eliminations, have been presented separately as discontinued\noperations in the Company’s current and comparative results.\n\nInvestor Relations\n\nRoy MacDonald\nVice President, Investor Relations\ninvestor@loblaw.ca\n\nMedia Relations\n\nScott Bonikowsky\nSenior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communication\npr@loblaw.ca\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/af04cea5-0872-42a5-8dec-d296a3eb5cd1)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-08T21:30:00.139321836Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788903000139},"received_at":"2026-09-08T21:30:00.192Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"127363","press_release_id":"138510","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Food and Drug Stores","sector":"Consumer Staples"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Loblaw will host its 'Retail and Beyond' Investor Day on September 9, 2026, to provide updates on its core retail businesses and growth platforms.\n\nThe company outlined a long-term financial framework targeting annual adjusted diluted net earnings per share growth of 8% to 10%.\n\nManagement expects high-growth businesses to contribute approximately 10% of operating income in 2026, with the collective earnings contribution doubling by 2031.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Strategic framework update with 8-10% EPS growth target and 10% high-growth income contribution."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"adjusted_diluted_eps_growth_target":"8% to 10%","high_growth_businesses_operating_income_share_2026":"approximately 10%","high_growth_businesses_earnings_contribution_target_2031":"double"}},"quotedText":"At our Investor Day we are setting out how Loblaw will continue to strengthen its core retail businesses while building the next set of growth platforms.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Per Bank","role":"President and Chief Executive Officer"},{"name":"Roy MacDonald","role":"Vice President, Investor Relations"},{"name":"Scott Bonikowsky","role":"Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communication"}],"products":["PC Optimum™ loyalty program"],"companies":[{"name":"Loblaw Companies Limited","ticker":"L"},{"name":"EQB Inc.","relationship":"acquirer"},{"name":"T&T","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"8% to 10%","context":"annual adjusted diluted net earnings per common share growth target"},{"amount":"approximately 10%","context":"collective operating income contribution from high growth businesses in 2026"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine strategic update and guidance framework announcement; no new financial results or material operational changes."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[{"ticker":"EQB","relevance":"acquirer"}],"primary":"L"},"globalImportance":35,"audienceRelevance":60,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"large_cap","eventGravity":"strategic_update","sectorWeight":"consumer_staples","householdBrandBoost":true}},"event_type":"operations_update","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":2,"narrative":"Loblaw will host its 'Retail and Beyond' Investor Day on September 9, 2026, to provide updates on its core retail businesses and growth platforms.\n\nThe company outlined a long-term financial framework targeting annual adjusted diluted net earnings per share growth of 8% to 10%.\n\nManagement expects high-growth businesses to contribute approximately 10% of operating income in 2026, with the collective earnings contribution doubling by 2031.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"adjusted_diluted_eps_growth_target":"8% to 10%","high_growth_businesses_operating_income_share_2026":"approximately 10%","high_growth_businesses_earnings_contribution_target_2031":"double"}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Per Bank","role":"President and Chief Executive Officer"},{"name":"Roy MacDonald","role":"Vice President, Investor Relations"},{"name":"Scott Bonikowsky","role":"Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communication"}],"products":["PC Optimum™ loyalty program"],"companies":[{"name":"Loblaw Companies Limited","ticker":"L"},{"name":"EQB Inc.","relationship":"acquirer"},{"name":"T&T","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"8% to 10%","context":"annual adjusted diluted net earnings per common share growth target"},{"amount":"approximately 10%","context":"collective operating income contribution from high growth businesses in 2026"}]},"model_name":"glm-4.7-flashx","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-09-08T21:31:11.542Z","global_importance":35,"audience_relevance":60,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"large_cap","eventGravity":"strategic_update","sectorWeight":"consumer_staples","householdBrandBoost":true}},"durationMs":71337,"modelName":"glm-4.7-flashx"}}