Superstore Workers to go on strike

[bluck]

I avoid it like the plague... Safeway on Tuesdays for meat and produce, Sobeys/Coop for everything else.

[Yasa]

Coop on a weekday morning is like Dawn of the Dead. Slow moving old zombies shuffling around asking for price checks on single bananas.

[puckluck2]

I haven't stepped foot in a superstore in probably ten years. It is a miracle they haven't shut them down for being so damn dirty. Or at least they were dirty but I doubt anything has changed because one got shutdown not too long ago because of mice infestation.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

What to expect in Superstore:
-Gaping holes on the shelves
-Crappy produce
-Lined up tills

But enough about Superstore before the strike.

[The Yen Man]

As a single guy living by myself, I go wherever the prices are cheapest, and Superstore beats Sobeys/COOP/Safeway hands down. Sure, you sacrifice service quality for the prices, but that stuff's not that important to me. The only time I go to Sobeys / COOP is for convenience. I haven't gone to a Safeway in years.

[Regulator75]

Are the fully automated SS gas bars closed too?

[CRXguy]

Filled up at Coventry a couple hours ago. Still open.

[sureLoss]

No one has brought up pop prices? for shame CP.

[Voodooman]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

No one has brought up pop prices? for shame CP.

I was shocked too. The inevitable pop price reference was the only reason I opened the thread.

I feel as dissatisfied as that time some idiot server forgot my side of ranch dressing

[jar_e]

Went to the one at 130 Ave SE. No busier than normal on a Sunday and had about 10-12 tills open. No fresh deli or bakery options though.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by jar_e

Went to the one at 130 Ave SE. No busier than normal on a Sunday and had about 10-12 tills open. No fresh deli or bakery options though.

Surprised you wouldn't support our union brothers and sisters jar_e.

[Northendzone]

So we will have to nut up and get the mix at the liquor store then?

[GP_Matt]

Does anyone remember when the Queensland Co-op had scan guns you could use? U
You scanned your card at the start and they gave you a gun to take around the store with you. Then you scanned everything as it went into the basket and handed the gun to the cashier who pulled off your total and you paid without rescanning everything.
It was pretty slick but that is going back to 1998 or so.

[SHOGUN]

Kind of off topic here.. but does anyone know where to buy the cheapest chicken breast? I find Superstore to be pretty expensive in terms of their poultry.

[Dion]

I feel sorry for the workers on strike. Superstore has the money to out last the union and will wait until the bills start to accumulate for the strikers and they demand another vote on the offer. Chances are some of the part time staff will have found other work by the time the strike is over or will have crossed the picket line.

The thinking was obviously to go on strike a week before Thanksgiving and try to hurt Superstore money wise. The loss will be miniscule when compared to lost wages of workers on strike. It's a shame the union never tells it's workers the wages lost during a strike are never gained back.

[Super-Rye]

Originally Posted by Dion

I feel sorry for the workers on strike. Superstore has the money to out last the union and will wait until the bills start to accumulate for the strikers and they demand another vote on the offer. Chances are some of the part time staff will have found other work by the time the strike is over or will have crossed the picket line.

I haven't seen it first hand but I've heard that the last offer was insultingly low. There are rumours that Superstore is trying to break their union.

Honestly I hope none of that is true.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Super-Rye

I haven't seen it first hand but I've heard that the last offer was insultingly low. There are rumours that Superstore is trying to break their union.

Honestly I hope none of that is true.

The offer is very similar to what other grocery stores have. Large percentage of part time workers vs full time. They want to create a high turnover of staff so no part timer goes up the wage scale. I don't think it's fair to expect part timers to be available for all hours but other chains have the same system.

Superstore can afford to give the union what it wants but at the same time wants to remain in the same competitive enviroment as the other grocery chains in Calgary. All chains are acutely aware of what the other has in place for it's workers.

[WilderPegasus]

Originally Posted by Dion

The offer is very similar to what other grocery stores have. Large percentage of part time workers vs full time. They want to create a high turnover of staff so no part timer goes up the wage scale. I don't think it's fair to expect part timers to be available for all hours but other chains have the same system.

Superstore can afford to give the union what it wants but at the same time wants to remain in the same competitive enviroment as the other grocery chains in Calgary. All chains are acutely aware of what the other has in place for it's workers.

Other grocery chains? I doubt you're including Costco in that and that is why I shop at Costco as much as possible.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by WilderPegasus

Other grocery chains? I doubt you're including Costco in that and that is why I shop at Costco as much as possible.

I avoid Superstore as I find thier stores to be generaly unclean and messy with a lot of empty shelves. Having the product in stock when the consumer needs it has always been a problem. Restocking during the day when needed is not a concept they understand.

[Lucifer]

I worked at Superstore in electronics, when they had an electornics department, from September 2002 until April 2008. I enjoyed the people I worked with, and overall I liked it.

I kinda miss it.