4.0
2 June 2011
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good employees, good products, good reputation among with a fairly strong emotional attachment among customers. A large scale operation and big company, but with a local feel and presence. They try to buy local products when in season.
Cons
Stuck in the past as far as technology. Their operations are so low tech, it's painful. They could do so much better if they implemented more high-tech tools for everyday tasks. Advancement within each store is kind of silly as well. They hire from within, which is kind of nice, but that means managers never have any formal managerial training or any sort of degree. If you perform well at your task as produce department manager, you will do good as a store manager. That is their rationale.