James MacGregor

Proudly Serving: Sobeys #4721 Stratford, ON

Position: Store Manager

Core Value: Proudly Serve Our Communities

When Jim decided to collect food for families in his community, he wasn’t thinking on a small scale. “I had this vision of bringing the churches and the food banks together to do a citywide food drive.” After two annual food drives, they have collected 45,000 pounds of food, but it’s not just gathering food that is important to Jim. Raising the social conscience of the young people around him is key. “I decided that it would be the children of the community doing (the drive),” says Jim. “They would be the real heroes going out and canvassing door-to-door. This helps build strong community values with them. They get to understand the importance of paying it forward.” Jim’s three children work for Sobeys and he loves to see them and other young employees succeed. “They are a lot smarter than we sometimes give them credit for and when you give them a task, they give it 100 percent.”