Greater Shreveport Chamber: Brookshire Grocery Co. To Invest More Than $33 Million In Employee Wages, Raise Minimum Hourly Pay To $11

Press release from the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce:

Paul Savage

6/21/2021

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) announced today that it raised wages for almost
13,500 hourly employee-partners which totals more than $33 million investment in salaries. Part of this
investment is the company making the extra $1 per hour in COVID appreciation pay permanent for the hourly
retail and logistics employee-partners along with raising the minimum pay for several positions in retail.

Most hourly retail jobs will now have a minimum rate of $11 per hour. More than 30 other targeted retail
positions have additional increased new minimum hiring rates. Among these targeted positions are bakery,
deli and market employee-partners moving to the new minimums which equal a $2.2 million investment in
these positions so they will be more competitive with the market. BGC also recently raised the minimum
wages for more than 1,000 logistics employee-partners.

“We are so incredibly grateful for everything our partners do to serve our customers and communities.
Investing in our people is the best thing we can do as a company,” said Brad Brookshire, Chairman and CEO of
Brookshire Grocery Co. “This is the largest investment in wage increases in BGC’s history and is a result of
everything our incredible team of employee-partners has accomplished in the last 15 months. We are proud
to be able to make the appreciation pay permanent and make further adjustments in wages for our
employee-partners in the future.”

BGC strives to be an employer of choice by offering professional development and comprehensive health
benefit plans along with paid time off, stock ownership, a 401K retirement plan, incentives, educational
scholarships and an emergency relief fund. BGC’s commitment and appreciation to its employees-partners
has been apparent throughout the pandemic. Prior to this investment in employee-partner wages, the
company had given employee-partners more than $30 million since March 2020 through a comprehensive
gift and incentive package which includes bonus checks, gift cards, wage increases for those in retail and
logistics and a compensation plan for those directly affected by COVID-19.

Based in Tyler, Texas, BGC is a regional family-owned grocery business that employs close to 16,000
individuals throughout Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The company operates more than 180 stores under
the Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods, FRESH by Brookshire’s and Spring Market banners, along with three
distribution centers and corporate offices.

This press release was produced by the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.