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H-E-B to pay $500 ‘thank you’ bonus to all employees

President Craig Boyan says workforce continues to ‘raise the bar’

Russell Redman

October 22, 2020

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Those eligible for the H-E-B payment include workers in stores, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation and administration, as well as employees of H-E-B’s Favor on-demand delivery subsidiary.H-E-B

Texas grocer H-E-B plans to pay its 120,000-plus employees a $500 bonus as a “thank you” for their extra efforts during the coronavirus crisis.

The San Antonio-based supermarket chain said all full-time and part-time hourly and salaried staff employed before Oct. 23 will receive the award via direct deposit. Those eligible for the payment include workers in stores, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation and administration, as well as employees of H-E-B’s Central Market, Mi Tienda and Joe V’s locations and the company’s Favor on-demand delivery subsidiary.

“Our success starts with our people. In the face of many challenges this year, our partners have confronted each obstacle with grace, compassion, strength and resilience,” H-E-B President Craig Boyan said in a statement. “Our partners continue to raise the bar in pursuit of excellence, uplifting and inspiring people across our great state and beyond. As we look toward the holiday season and to 2021, it’s with immense pride and great excitement, we celebrate our partners and their families for the passion and heart they exhibit every day to Texans across our great state.”

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The bonus comes after H-E-B in late June announced what it called the largest pay investment in its history, which included making recent pay raises permanent.

Related:H-E-B to give permanent pay increases as temporary COVID-19 bonus pay ends

The bonus comes in the wake of what H-E-B called the largest pay investment in its history. In June, the company unveiled plans to shift from temporary $2 hourly pay raises — initiated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — to long-term permanent investments in its associates. The short-term wage hikes, dubbed the Texas Proud Pay program, ended June 21, and then on June 22 the retailer began transitioning into long-term investments including accelerated and enhanced pay increases for store, manufacturing and supply chain hourly non-management employees.

At the time, H-E-B didn’t specify the total amount of the pay investment but said the increases would be more than twice the amount of the temporary program for the average employee.

In March, when COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, H-E-B lifted wages by $2 for all hourly store, manufacturing, warehousing and transportation employees. The program was extended in April and May before ending on June 21.

H-E-B noted that its total pay investment has approximately doubled since 2014. Overall, the retailer operates more than 350 stores across Texas.

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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