By the Numbers: Sobey’s Reports Rising Sales…

As we prepare for another round of bargaining with Sobey’s, we need to be clear about the sheer amount of money they are making. 

Their most recent quarterly report shows total sales of almost $8 billion.

Even as your work was making those sales happen, Sobeys was robbing you of your union-won wage increases. Sadly, as their sales numbers go up, so too does their hostility toward their own employees. 

Business analysts can’t make sense of it. Neither can we. There is no way a corporate empire making money at this scale needs to claw back the wages of its workers.

Sobey’s rising sales don’t even translate into lower prices for the consumer. The prices at their stores just keep going up:

As we prepare for formal bargaining with the Company, it’s important to remember just how profitable they really are. When Sobeys says they can’t afford fair wage increases, we will be pushing back with the facts.

These are facts that they have publicly admitted to.

“The numbers don’t lie,” says President Thomas Hesse of UFCW Local 401. “Sobey’s can more than afford to give you the raise you deserve and need. They need to give back every penny of the wage increase they stole from you.”

“Your Union will be pushing hard for the fair deal you deserve,” adds Secretary Treasurer Richelle Stewart. “If we have a strong, united voice, even a corporate giant like Sobey’s will eventually have to listen.”

Stay tuned for more information about the bargaining process as we continue to fight for fairness at Safeway.  

Posted on: March 14,2025