Gerard Oakey

Proudly Serving: Sobeys #806 Wyse Road, Dartmouth, NS

Position: Grocery Clerk

Core Value: Get it Done with Passion and Integrity

No one can ever accuse Gerard of shirking his duties and that goes even when he’s injured. Recently, Gerard had fallen in the freezer and his co-workers had called an ambulance. While Gerard was lying injured on the floor in a back room, he heard his name being paged. A customer had returned to pick up a special order and other employees who didn’t know what had happened to Gerard were looking for his help. “So I told a co-worker where to find the item so the customer wouldn’t have to wait around for it,” he laughs. “That’s when the other employee said, ‘Will you stop worrying about everything!’ ” Gerard has devoted his entire career to putting customers first. “I try to do that little extra something, whether it’s checking the availability of a product or helping the customer read the dates, or even calling the manufacturer,” he says. “I try to do whatever it takes so they want to come back.”