Curbside pickup powered by automated micro-fulfillment center
Big Y Foods is ushering in a new e-commerce platform with the launch of Big Y myPicks online ordering.
Providing curbside pickup, the myPicks service is powered by a 12,000-square-foot automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) next to the Big Y World Class Market store in Chicopee, Mass. Springfield, Mass.-based Big Y said it has been testing myPicks in recent weeks, and online orders for more than 7,000 customers a week will be able to be fulfilled once the MFC becomes fully operational.
Big Y customers access myPicks by clicking on “Shop Online” under the “Shop” menu on the grocer’s website and then selecting “Big Y myPicks.” Shoppers must set up a Big Y digital account to make purchases through the service. No additional fees are charged for orders of $40 or more, and in support of the service’s launch Big Y is offering customers $20 off their first order of $60 or more.
The Canadian Press, with files from staff
As it becomes increasingly clear that workplaces are a key transmission location in the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some Canadian employers are offering paid sick leave to their employees in the absence of government action.
Paid sick leave benefits, which allow workers to call in sick without fear of losing a day’s pay, are becoming a political issue across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic’s third wave, especially in Ontario.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government has frequently refused to offer sick days to essential workers, saying a program run by the federal government already exists, shooting down Opposition motions on the issue. But in a sudden change of course, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday the government was looking into the possibility of a provincial paid sick day program. Ford issued an emotional apology on Thursday for introducing restrictions that sparked furious backlas
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By Denise Paglinawan
As it becomes increasingly clear that workplaces are a key transmission location in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Canadian employers are offering paid sick leave to their employees in the absence of government action.
Paid sick leave benefits, which allow workers to call in sick without fear of losing a day’s pay, are becoming a political issue across the country, especially in Ontario. The benefit is one of the measures recommended by a group of experts who advise the Ontario government on COVID-19 measures, but has so far been turned down.