{"id":3314,"date":"2013-07-31T09:15:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2013-08-21T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T19:27:25","slug":"sobeys-to-close-for-four-months-104-employees-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sobeys-to-close-for-four-months-104-employees-impacted\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobeys to close for four months, 104 employees impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s Sobeys store will close for four months at the end of August for renovations.<\/p>\n

While the grocery store on Bayview Avenue at Hollidge Boulevard is due to re-open in January 2014, 104 employees will be impacted by the decision, according to the grocery company. <\/p>\n

Regular grocery shoppers may have noticed the rapidly depleting stock on store shelves over the last few weeks, but the company promises a \u201cbigger and better\u201d Sobeys and \u201ca new look to make your shopping experience even better.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the result is a better shopping experience for customers, the road to get there will provide some challenges for employees and residents depending on their service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe announced last month to our staff that we will be temporarily closing the store for major renovations effective August 31 until January 2014,\u201d says Sarah Stover, Communications Manager for Sobeys Ontario. \u201cThe decision to close our Aurora location for such a long period of time was not made lightly and substantial consideration was given to the impact on employees, customers and the community. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of the temporary closure, 104 employees \u2013 23 full-time and 81 part-time \u2013 will be impacted. Some employees have received offers of employment in comparable jobs within our store network, whereas others have been notified of a temporary lay-off.\u201d<\/p>\n

All employees on temporary lay-off will be returning for orientation in December, she notes.
\nSobeys stores in Richmond Hill and Bradford will remain open.<\/p>\n

\u201cSobeys continues to be committed to serving the grocery needs of the Aurora community and we look forward to welcoming customers to our newly renovated store,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n

Two years ago, the Aurora Sobeys store stepped up to the plate providing grocery services to seniors living west of Yonge Street who were hit by the closure of Foodland at St. Andrew\u2019s Plaza. In a deal hammered out between the management of the store and Newmarket-Aurora MPP Frank Klees, the store provided ways for seniors to easily get to the store to do their own grocery shopping. <\/p>\n

Ms. Stover was unable to confirm whether provisions have been made for these residents during the renovations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe special accommodations that Sobeys made for seniors has been appreciated and I am hopeful these arrangements will be continued in January,\u201d says Mr. Klees. \u201cI have placed a call to manager Andrew McFadden and hope to confirm that this will be the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meantime, I will pursue interim arrangements with organizations such as CHATS (Community and Home Assistance to Seniors) to ensure that seniors who have been depending on Sobeys\u2019 service are looked after.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aurora\u2019s Sobeys store will close for four months at the end of August for renovations.<\/p>\n

While the grocery store on Bayview Avenue at Hollidge Boulevard is due to re-open in January…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-Rs","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 08:33:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}