Comments on: Galen Weston Should Blog

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:43:06 +0000

I worked for Extra foods for three years. My department manager had a beef because I had a son and am a single mother, so I took a lot of crap from her. Everyone saw it and I dicussed it with the manager but nothing ever got done about it. 10 People quit all at the same time and still nobody notices that she is losing a lot of staff all that time. Why is it that nothing ever happens…even when Galen Weston himself comes in the store. I haven't worked there in three months and have not recieve my ROE yet. So now I have to pay more then double the daycare because subsidy needed that ROE. As a single mom, I would never recommend working at Loblaw companies because they don't even know how to look a little deeper as to what is going on. Not all managers will be like that but what has the head office done to see that the average employee is happy? Why are there opinions nothing?

By: sandi

sandi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:20:47 +0000

stores are now staying open until 11pm, i feel they would be better using man hours during busy hours instead of wasting them on that extra hour when no one is shopping . even if they opened earlier in the mornings,they'd have more customers shopping than between 930pm and 11pm. they need to check the reports ,and they'll see it's a waste.

By: cara

cara — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:09:08 +0000

Seriously…..your complaining about giving free cookies to children?

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:24:11 +0000

How long do you allow a store to be run by incompetent management who are: not in the store(employees never know where they are when needed), violating store policies themselves(which filters down to employees doing the same), being rude and temperamental in front of the customers(very embarassing), and not keeping the chain of command on task. All of this making for lost revenue through a store full of incorrect prices and many wasted man-hours and losing customers who have said they will not shop here anymore.
This is from a concerned and caring employee who enjoys her job at an Extra Foods Store in Man.but who at times is embarassed to be working in such an unorganized and dirty store.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:27:15 +0000

I work for Zehrs,I work with a great team,but also agree that the new hires are not trained enough in customer service.I 'm a longtime employee of over 30 yrs, and have seen a lot of changes,lately changes are being made every month and we never know if the same rules apply or not , there for making customers wait.Eight mths. ago they decided to close at 11pm.I feel this is a waste of money since most of the evenings there are no customers after 9:30 pm. and none after 9pm.in customer service,cost wise it's better to close at 10pm.I also think a change in uniform style is a must! There also should be the same rules and regulations across the board in every store. It would be nice if the company would give the more senior employees a break and get more weekends off , we've done our time.We're only a number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Doughboy

Doughboy — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:38:30 +0000

Why email Galen, I've been waiting a week and 1/2 to hear from him regarding nothing being on the shelves when I shop because they continue to cut hours. Put the cookies on a plate let they serve themselves. Hell they now want me to self checkout, bite me not this guy!

By: elivan

elivan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:07:48 +0000

hi I have worked for extra foods in sask for 8 yrs.I have always believed that they were a company that cared about families and children, but everyday they do things that make me wonder if they realy care about anyone.They keep store open 24-7 never close on stat except for xmas and new years which will likely change to, how can this be good for the family.All it would take is one of the big companies to say no more of this, and start closing at 9pm ,sundays and stats. Then we would have enough employees to work and cover the shift better,because we would have more people appling for jobs. we would also have more time for our children,maybe this would stop some of the crime with young ones.I think the customers would be severed better because we wouldn’t be worried about our families all the time.Just a thought.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:15:02 +0000

I work for Superstore in B.C. and have been employed there for 18+yrs as a cashier. I’m wondering why we don’t have hand held scanning devices and maybe coin counter machines on our lanes. There is so much more that the company can do to help the cashiers do their job more effectively,thus treating the customers better.We are all getting wrist/hand/shoulder/back problems because of old and USED hand-me-down computers and scales etc.Why is that? How does the company expect us to do our jobs on machinery from the 1990′S??
Why can’t we tell about the “free item” coupons? Why can’t we get a policy that sticks and the managers actually backing up their employees instead of appeasing the angry customers?
If you treat employees better, they then care about their job and thus it will benefit the CUSTOMERS!

By: warehouse worker

warehouse worker — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:47:09 +0000

If you think the stores are bad you should see what the loblaws warehouses are like, they treat there employees like garbage and I don’t trust any of the food that leaves the warehouse as it is either mouldy or bruised from falling on the floor.
This is a company that thinks a yearly 16-20% accident rating in one year is good, and half of the injuries are severe.
I can tell you right now loblaws is on it’s way down…

By: cindy

cindy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:03:23 +0000

Hi, I think I speak for all employees that work in the bakery department at Zehrs stores when we all complain about looking after customers at the door. The free cookies for kids has got to stop we can not get any work done while people are asking for things making us stop work. e.g. kids asking for cookies.
It is the whole shift all day long. looking after people asking for cookies.
It is getting to the point where it is all day long.
i dont mean to make a big deal of this but, i personaly think this should come to an end.