Loblaw Company: Canada's Largest Food Retailer In Canada

Nachamada Simon
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BOH4M
12/02/2013

Introduction
Loblaw companies limited a subsidiary of George Weston limited is Canada’s largest food retailer in Canada. It was incorporated on January 18, 1956.It has over a thousand retail stores and 23 distribution centers. It has twenty two banners. Loblaw mission is to be Canada’s best food, health and home retailer. Loblaw strong brands include President's Choice, No Name, Joe Fresh , PC, PC Green, PC organics, Blue menu, T&T, Everyday Living, Exact, Seaquest, Azami, and Teddy's Choice..Some of the supermarkets it owns are nofrills, dominion, maxi, Fortinos and it recently just bought the largest pharmacy chain, shoppers drug mart. Loblaw sells food items, drugs, household

Questions for interview:
1) What was your last job?
This question should be asked so that the applicant’s previous experience would be known. Whether it he or she is capable of holding the management position.
2) Can you tell us about a difficult decision you had to make recently? How did you handle the problem?
This question would be asked to test the initiative, creativity, quality of decision making and results given. To also know if they are indecisive when they are making decisions 3) How long have you worked as a manager?
This question should be asked to know if the person has had experience in working as a manager 4) How do you handle situation where an employee is underperforming?
This question should be asked so that the employers could know how they are willing to make tough choices and have hard conversations, are they indecisive or biased.

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Centralized Authority: this company has centralized authority because it has a president which heads the organization. The head of the organization is Galen Weston .
Many rules and regulation: the company has a lot of rules and procedures for attending to customers and business ethics. These rules are embedded in the company’s code of conduct.
This type of organizational design is appropriate because the company is a large company and it needs to be directed accordingly, so that there wouldn’t be any complications in the organization.

Conclusion
Loblaw is a great organization and it has made life a lot easier for most Canadians. It is focused on providing the best availability of food and generalize merchandise .They offer good fringe benefit for employees .Loblaw respects the environment and they are making a difference today and it’s a good place to work because the employees are friendly and work in the best interest of the