Question 1

Is Food Basics a good company to work for?

Accepted Answer

Food Basics has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 818 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 5% over the last 12 months. 52% of employees would recommend working at Food Basics to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Food Basics have been left by employees working as Produce Clerk, Sales Associate/Cashier and Grocery Stocker.

Question 2

Does Food Basics pay their employees well?

Accepted Answer

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Food Basics employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Food Basics. This rating has improved by 16% over the last 12 months.

Question 3

How satisfied are employees working at Food Basics?

Accepted Answer

52% of Food Basics employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Food Basics 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

Question 4

What are the top reviewed jobs at Food Basics?

Accepted Answer

Cashier (203), Grocery Clerk (103), Produce Clerk (64), Front End Cashier (50), Sales Associate/Cashier (32), Meat Clerk (13), Grocery Clerk Part Time (12), Grocery Stocker (12), Supervisor (10), Deli Clerk (7), Sales Associate (7), Bookkeeper (6), Front End Supervisor (6), Stocker (6), Associate (5)

Question 5

What are the pros of working at Food Basics according to real employee reviews?

Accepted Answer

"flexible hours fairly easy job" ((in 74 reviews)); "Nice people to work with" ((in 34 reviews)); "some friendly staff that make the hours worthwhile while on feet" ((in 32 reviews)); "Great coworkers and very friendly." ((in 29 reviews)); "Very nice and good managers" ((in 20 reviews))

Question 6

What are the cons of working at Food Basics according to real employee reviews?

Accepted Answer

"low pay and its hard to promote full time" ((in 37 reviews)); "A quarter of my paycheck when to a union that I received no benefits from." ((in 27 reviews)); "Minimum wage and sometimes they didn't have enough staff" ((in 27 reviews)); "minimum wage is not ideal" ((in 9 reviews)); "Upper management is bad" ((in 3 reviews))

Question 7

What Food Basics locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Accepted Answer

Burlington, Cambridge, Oshawa, London, Guelph, Richmond Hill, Toronto, North York

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