Fred Meyer seeking veterans to hire
Fred Meyer Stores will hold open interviews on Tuesday, Sept. 15, for all veterans and their family members. The company is currently hiring to fill more than 1,500 positions in its stores. Nationwide, The Kroger Co. is hiring to fill an estimated 20,000 permanent positions in its supermarket divisions.
Veterans and their family members need to fill out an application online at jobs.fredmeyer.com by Sept. 13, and then return to a store on Sept. 15, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. There is no need for an appointment.
The online application requests an email address, employment history, and education information and takes about 30 minutes to complete. Fred Meyer is asking applicants to input the hashtag #HonoringOurHeroes in the “Search by keyword” field at the top of jobs.fredmeyer.com when applying online to be eligible for an in-store interview on September 15.
Kroger hired more than 6,000 veterans in 2014, and has hired more than 29,000 veterans since 2009 as part of its commitment to active duty troops and the nation’s 23 million veterans through “Honoring Our Heroes,” a multi-faceted program the company designed to show its deep gratitude.
In addition, Kroger is proud to have helped the “100,000 Jobs Mission” surpass its original goal in January 2014, seven years early.The “100,000 Jobs Mission” is a coalition of more than 130 companies with the common goal of hiring more than 100,000 transitioning service members and military veterans by 2020.
“Fred Meyer is deeply committed to the nation’s veterans and their families, and we are honored to offer them career opportunities,” said Lynn Gust, president of Fred Meyer Stores.
Through the Honoring Our Heroes program, Kroger stores have raised more than $11.9 million since 2010 to help support USO programs, which represents the largest cumulative gift to the USO in its nearly 75-year history.
About Fred Meyer:
Fred Meyer Stores, based in Portland, Ore., offers one-stop shopping at its 132 multi-department stores in four western states. More than 30,000 Fred Meyer associates help customers fill their food, apparel, and general merchandise needs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Stores range in size from 65,000 to 200,000 square feet and carry more than 250,000 products under one roof. Additionally, Fred Meyer contributes more than $4 million to communities across the Northwest each year through grants from the Fred Meyer Foundation as well as product donations, cash donations and sponsorships. Fred Meyer also donates more than 4 million pounds of food to local food banks each year via the Perishable Donation Program. Fred Meyer Stores is a division of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR). For more information, please visit our Web site at www.fredmeyer.com.
