Month: September 2024

Let’s fundraise — our Family of Support checkstand campaign starts today!

Posted on by Daniela Travierso

Today we kick off our fifth annual Family of Support fundraising campaign (September 19 – October 6) in support of Canadian children’s hospital foundations.

Since 2020, Family of Support has raised and donated $17 million to 13 children’s hospital foundations. These funds have helped to:

  • add dozens of treatment spaces
  • train nearly 13,000 mental health professionals and community care providers
  • treat and assess over 150,000 children and youth

These assessments are the first step to help connect kids with the right support, while the training of providers helps ensure sound, evidence-based care. The number of patients served reflects our commitment to support our partners as they meet the surging demand for mental health care.

Watch our revamped Clear the Clouds TV spot that shares the difference we’re making. These aren’t just numbers or stats — these are lives changed.

A big thank you to you, our Safeway teammates, for leading the charge in raising crucial funds to help provide mental health support for kids when they need it most. Every dollar raised will stay local, directly benefiting children’s hospital foundations in your community.

We’re so grateful for everything you continue to do to make this campaign a success!

Resources:

  • Learn more about Family of Support at familyofsupport.com.
  • Sign up year-round for our Healthier Tomorrows Giving Program, where you can donate directly from your paycheque to your choice of over 30 charities, including the 13 children’s hospital foundations we’re supporting through Family of Support.
  • Your wellbeing, and the wellbeing of your family, is so important to us. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or need support, please visit sobeysmentalwellbeing.com. For immediate help, text WELLNESS to 741741 or call 911 if you or someone you know needs urgent assistance.

Why challenge the Arbitrator’s ruling?

Posted on by Daniela Travierso

As shared with you in August, top-rated teammates were awarded their second wage increase. This said, Safeway continues to challenge the Arbitrator’s ruling on the Wage Reopener, and there may need to be difficult decisions taken.

It can’t be reiterated enough that the wage increases for top-rated teammates have negatively impacted the profitability of the stores and resulted in many locations becoming unprofitable. Safeway is now in an extremely uncompetitive position compared to the rest of the Alberta grocery industry.

As a result, the organization is required to assess if further action is needed to address this challenging position. All options are being considered including closures, conversions, and hours reductions — any of which could result in the potential loss of jobs.

Having to make any of these choices would be extremely difficult, and the organization doesn’t take the evaluation process lightly given the potential magnitude of impact. It’s because of this reluctance to make any of these tough choices that Safeway has no other option than to continue to challenge the Arbitrator’s ruling.

Further updates and details on the judicial review process and any difficult choices that must be made will be shared with you.

Safeway Talks Scene+ Points Giveaway: September 23 – October 13

Posted on by Daniela Travierso

Signing up for the first time? Click here!

Already registered and want a shot at winning? Click here!

 

What’s up for grabs? You have the chance to win 5,000 Scene+ points!

Fifty (50) lucky Safeway teammates will be randomly selected, and their Scene+ points will be deposited into their account.

Click here for full contest Rules and Regulations.

Good luck!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest runs from September 23, 2024 and ends on October 13, 2024. Open only to Safeway Teammates who are Safeway Talks members and legal residents of Alberta who have reached the minimum legal working age in their province of residence on the date that they entered the Contest. There are fifty (50) prizes to be won. Each prize consists of one (1) 5,000 Scene+ points (ARV $50.00 (CAD) each). The prizes have no equivalent cash value, are non-transferrable and no substitutions will be made. Correctly answered skill testing question required. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Last chance! Share words of encouragement for our athletes to win a Feed The Dream lunchbox!

Posted on by Daniela Travierso

As the much-anticipated Paralympic Games kicked off last Wednesday, we picked things back up with our Feed The Dream lunchbox contest. And in the midst of all the excitement, our Team Empire Paralympic athletes have earned three medals so far!

If you haven’t entered the Feed The Dream lunchbox contest yet, this is your last shot! You have until the Paralympic Closing Ceremony on September 8 to share words of encouragement for our Team Canada Paralympic athletes.

Just head on over to the Teammate Hub to enter today!

And remember, if you entered the contest during the Olympic Games, but haven’t yet won a lunchbox, you’re still in the running to win (no need to enter again!). Following the Paralympic Games, 500 additional lunchboxes will be randomly awarded, on top of the 500 given out during the Olympic Games.

While you’re on the Teammate Hub, don’t forget to:

  • Read the heartfelt notes of support written by your own teammates.
  • See what our Feed The Dream Correspondents are up to in Paris and follow along on their journey.
  • Take our monthly Trivia Challenge. You could score yourself a Lululemon Team Canada prize pack or Scene+ points.

Good luck, team!