Michelle Oliver-White

Proudly Serving: Sobeys #0681 Kelsey Drive, St. John's, NL

Position: Front End Manager

Core Value: Proudly Serve Our Communities

Michelle, who has worked for Sobeys for 35 years, fondly remembers her first day on the job. As a diminutive 18-year-old, she was worried about being overshadowed by the towering checkout counter. “I remember thinking ‘will anybody even be able to see me here?'” Michelle was nominated as a Value Champion because of her community work. For the past two years she has helped with a Food Bank event, raising several thousands of dollars worth of food and, with the group, being named Community Heroes in the process. “I was really proud of that. Sobeys does so much and it’s nice to be recognized as a company.” Michelle is the first to acknowledge that being able to give back to the community is thanks to the entire team. “I would not be able to do a tenth of what I do … without the support of the company and the other team members,” says Michelle. “We’re all a big community, working for the community. That’s our people. That’s our customers. That’s who shops here.”