Safeway Employee Discounts (Everything You Need to Know)
Many retail and grocery stores offer their employees a variety of benefits and perks, such as vacation pay, employee discounts, medical benefits, and gym memberships.
If you’re considering applying to work at Safeway, you might be wondering if they offer employee discounts. If so, read on to find out what I learned!
Safeway employee discount
Safeway’s employee discount offers all employees 10% off store brands and 5% off other brands. To qualify for the employee discount, Safeway employees must be beyond the trial period and must have an AirMiles card to swipe at cash checkouts.
If you want to learn more about how Safeway associates use their discounts, what they can buy with them and more, keep reading!
What do Safeway employees need to use their discount?
Safeway employees must meet two key conditions before being eligible for the employee discount.
First, all workers must complete a trial period before being eligible for the discount. For Safeway, their trial period is 3 months.
After the trial period, Safeway employees must also obtain an Air Miles card.
When staff want to use their discount, the card will be used like a discount card and swiped at checkout.
Safeway employees are not eligible for employee discounts without an Air Miles card.
In order to use their Air Miles card, Safeway employees must register their card number with Employee Self Service (ESS) on the Albertsons/Sobeys employee portal.
Can Safeway employees share their discounts?
Safeway employees can share their discount with any family members who live with them.
Employees and family members can redeem the discount as long as their Air Miles card is registered through the Sobeys portal.
Can Safeway employees use their discount in every department?
Safeway associates can use discounts on most in-store items and in every department.
However, certain products are not eligible for the discount. These items are listed below:
- liquor
- fuel
- tobacco
- lottery
- post office
- gift card
- Minimum price regulated items (e.g. milk)
- In-store exceptions (exact circumstances vary by store)
- Various third-party seller listings (varies by store)
Also, some non-discounted items, such as third-party seller items, vary by store.
Safeway employees and potential employees are urged to discuss with their store managers which products are considered minimum price controls, in-store exceptions, and third-party seller items.
Where can Safeway employees use their discount?
Because Albertsons/Sobeys owns Safeway, employees can use discounts at select Albertsons Companies-owned stores.
Stores eligible for the Safeway employee discount are as follows:
- Sobes
- intergovernmental agreement
- frugal food
- Food Paradise
- fresh company
- Lawton Drugs
- Rachel Berry
- Les Marches Tradition
- IGA extra
- Sobeys Urban Fresh
- Atlantic Cooperative
- Difference!fresh company
- price chopper
- marche bonichois
Safeway employees can use their Air Miles card at any of the above stores to receive an employee discount.
However, please note that employees cannot earn airline miles at FreshCo, only use their cards for discounts.
Where can Safeway employees not use their discount?
While Safeway associates can use their discount at most Albertsons Companies stores, some stores do not use the Safeway associate discount. They are as follows:
- IGA Express
- Cash & Carry
- farm boy
- Pete’s Frootique & Fine Foods
- Voila by Sobeys
- fast fuel retail
- need
- Marcheoni
- Sobeys/Safeway Liquor Stores
- bonny party
- Voisin
- Thrift Food Wine
What are Safeway’s other employee benefits?
In addition to employee discounts, Safeway employees receive several other perks when hired. These benefits are as follows:
- Health insurance
- life insurance
- dental insurance
- 401k plan
- retirement plan
- Maternity and paternity leave (unpaid)
- Military leave (unpaid)
- family sick leave
- Holidays and paid time off (after one year of employment)
- Reduced and flexible hours
- Commuter Inspection and Assistance
- legal aid
- Employee Assistance Program
- tuition assistance
- gym membership
All employees have access to PTO after one year of employment. In addition, regular employees get two weeks of paid time off and store managers get five weeks of paid time off.
Now that you know about the Safeway employee discount, you can also check out our related posts about the Safeway student discount, the Safeway senior discount, and whether Safeway offers cashback.
in conclusion
Safeway’s employee discount is 10% off store branded products and 5% off other designer products in store inventory.
Employees must exceed the three-month trial period and must obtain an Air Miles card to use their discount.
Safeway associates can use their discount at select Albertsons/Sobeys stores and can share their discount with immediate family.
