Workers at several national grocery chains are getting a financial bonus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sobeys says each worker is getting an extra $50 a week in recognition of the job they are doing during the outbreak.
Those who work 20 hours or more a week will get an additional $2 an hour bump on every hour they work over 20.
Loblaw Companies, which includes Atlantic Superstore and Shoppers Drug Mart, is temporarily increasing compensation by 15 per cent.