Sept 14 (Reuters) - Empire Company Ltd EMPa.TO :
* Empire Company reports improved fiscal 2018 first quarter results
* Q1 adjusted earnings per share C$0.32
* Q1 earnings per share C$0.20
* Q1 earnings per share view C$0.22 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Empire Company ltd qtrly same-store sales excluding fuel increased 0.5 pct
* Qtrly sales $ 6,273.2 million versus. $ 6,186.6 million
* Empire Co -estimates unmitigated financial impact of proposed minimum wage increases in Ontario, Alberta could be up to about $25 million in fiscal 2018
* Empire Company Ltd - project sunrise launched in Q4 2017 to simplify organizational structures and reduce costs on track
* Empire Co - estimates unmitigated financial impact of proposed minimum wage increases in Ontario, Alberta could be up to about $70 million in fiscal 2019
* Empire Company - plan to mitigate immediate impact of proposed minimum wage raises in 2018 that are above and beyond expected project sunrise savings
* Q1 revenue view C$6.18 billion -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S