Category: Manitoba

We loved sharing a few of our favourite Own Brands products last fall that we figured, let’s make this a seasonal tradition!

With summer just around the corner, many of our customers (and teammates, too!) will be hosting backyard BBQs, taking a road trip or going on a family hike … and you can’t enjoy the warm weather without the most delicious food and snacks, right?

That’s right, we can all make a splash this summer by preparing the perfect treats that will delight our family and friends. Here’s a roundup of a few of our brand-new Own Brands products that will surely make it on our customers’ summer bucket lists.

1. Compliments Unicorn Twirl Ice Cream

Would it be summer without an ice cream in hand, melting down your arm on a hot day? It’s a favourite summer treat for kids and adults, too.

With colourful swirls of cotton candy, raspberry, and strawberry flavoured ice cream, this whimsical treat will surely brighten your day.

Best of all, it’s made with no artificial colours. You’re welcome!

2. Compliments Jalapeño Cheddar Sausages

Get the grill fired up! It’s time to get outdoors and enjoy a mouth-watering sausage that’s packed with flavour.

These sausages are naturally smoked to perfection, spicy with lots of jalapeno flavour, and made with real cheddar cheese.

Put it in a bun with your favourite toppings or eat it on its own. Whatever you choose, one thing is for sure … you’ll be back for more!

3. Panache Frozen Garlic & Herb Lobster Tail Skewers

 Buttery sweet lobster tails … is there anything better?

Make these delicious MSC-certified and Ocean Wise-recommended lobster tail skewers right on the barbecue this summer.

You can even pair them with our jalapeño cheddar sausages to create the ultimate surf & turf meal. Or simply arrange the skewers on a platter for an elevated take on a party appetizer.

4. Compliments Kettle Cooked Chips

Whether you’re headed to the beach, cruising the open road, or just relaxing in your backyard oasis, snacks are a must! And for many of us, chips are at the top of that list!

Crunch, salt, flavour: batch-made kettle-cooked chips are the ultimate crispy and flavour-packed, savoury snack.

Tip: We suggest you have an extra bag or two on hand because they’ll go fast!

With these great quality Compliments and Panache products, and many other favourites, lining our Safeway shelves, we know we can meet our customers’ summer entertaining needs.

So whether you’re purchasing these products for yourself, bringing them to a family BBQ or recommending them to customers, let’s work together to bring the heat and make our Own Brands products #1 in our stores.

Happy summertime!

With over 600 Value Champion nominations so far across the business, there’s no doubt our teammates are going above and beyond every day to support our customers, communities, and fellow teammates.

If you haven’t had a chance yet to nominate a deserving Safeway teammate or leader — don’t worry, you still have until April 30 to do so!

Click here to submit a nomination today!

Teammates who put our Values into action and inspire others to do the same should be recognized and celebrated.

For more information on the program, visit SobeysValueChampions.com.

For the past couple of weeks, Safeway stores have been delighting customers with displays, deals and activities to brighten up their Easter shopping experience.

From putting up eye-catching in-store displays, spotlighting savings, hosting activities for kids, or providing Easter meal ideas, our Safeway teams have outdone themselves once again in elevating our customers’ shopping experience.

A big shoutout to each of you for your dedication and creativity to make this another Easter to remember.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

Spruce Grove Safeway (Spruce Grove, AB)

West Broadway Safeway (Vancouver, B.C.)

Thorncliffe Safeway (Calgary, AB)

Arbutus Safeway (Vancouver, B.C.)

Tuxedo Safeway (Winnipeg, MB)

We’re excited to announce that the 2023 Employee Experience Survey is here!

Safeway is committed to continuously improving, and your participation in the annual survey is one of the key ways we can continue growing as a business and as a team. Your feedback is crucial to helping us understand what is working well and where we need to focus our efforts to make improvements. It’s also a chance for you to help guide our future strategies and initiatives.

The survey, powered by Qualtrics, is open from March 20 – April 10, and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

There are three ways to access the survey from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection:

1. Visit the People Portal and click the Employee Experience Survey tile on the homepage.
2. Visit tinyurl.com/OurVoices2023
3. Scan the QR code found on a survey promotional poster in your back room.
4. On your store’s tablet (received through the Scene+ rollout) under Employee Resources, click on the EE Survey icon.

Your feedback is confidential and individual responses will not be shared at any point.

Your participation is critical to helping us improve our workplace and create a positive and engaging environment for all teammates. We look forward to sharing the results of the survey shortly after it closes.

If you have any questions, please speak with your Store Manager or HRBP.

Thank you for your willingness to share and for your time and commitment.

At Safeway, we believe that a winning culture is cultivated from a winning experience for our teammates. Each year, we send out an Employee Experience Survey to hear from you, our valuable teammates, about what’s important to you and how we can deliver the best experience for everyone.

The survey will be open from March 20 – April 10, 2023, for all Corporate and Candico teammates. Your feedback is confidential and individual responses will not be shared at any point.

Over the last year, your feedback from the 2022 survey informed our strategies and initiatives and refined our People Plan so that we can better engage, support, and empower teammates.

We’ve seen countless success stories across the company. So, as we prepare for this year’s survey, we’re highlighting some of the exciting initiatives we’ve launched or improved across the company, thanks to your feedback!

• Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: DE&I is our shared top priority, and we’ve continued our commitment to advancing DE&I with further initiatives and integration into our business goals. These include sharing teammate stories, focusing on indigenous relations, launching pronoun name tags, celebrating supplier diversity, examining ways to mitigate bias in our talent processes and DE&I training for leaders.

 

• Reducing environmental impact: You shared that working for a socially responsible company was important to you. From reducing food waste in our stores to sending less plastic and packaging to landfills, we’ve continued to look at various ways to reduce our environmental impact. Part of this initiative was our #FoodRescue Movement, a two-week marketing campaign that inspired Canadians to come together and do Our Part for future generations by rescuing food at home.

 

• Making teammate resources more accessible: You identified that having better access to our tools and resources was an area we could improve in. We continue to look for ways to make our resources more user-friendly to help you personally and professionally; such as the improved People Portal experience, and our Mental Wellbeing toolkit and website to protect and improve our mental health.

 

• Improving the Teammate Experience: Delivering value to our teammates is a part of our investment in you. Based on your feedback, in 2023 alone we:
  • leveraged our partnership with Scene+ and rebranded our employee discount program to provide you with core discounts at our participating banners, and unique offers through our Teammate Exclusives program. This program provides more than $200 in additional value, bringing the total value of our discount program up to over $1,000 a year.

Stay tuned for details on how to access the survey next week.