Richard Allardyce

Proudly Serving: Sobeys Mississauga Office, ON

Position: Senior Director HMR

Core Value: Proudly Serve Our Communities

Richard’s spirit of giving back to the community comes from the heart. “Growing up, my sister had cancer,” says Richard, who spent a majority of his childhood with his family at Ronald McDonald House. When Richard and his team got the opportunity to cook a dinner at Ronald McDonald House, Richard took it one step further. Before the event, he organized a fundraiser with the intention of donating the money to several families. But at the dinner he met a family that reminded him of his own. “They had a daughter who had cancer like my sister’s and she had a brother back home in Newfoundland who they couldn’t afford to fly in,” says Richard. “They needed the money so I gave all of it to them.” The evening was emotional for Richard whose sister passed away just before her fifth birthday. “It was an honour to cook for the families, to see the happiness on their faces,” he says. “It was a phenomenal experience.”