Steven Burd
Steven Burd
Steven A. Burdis an American businessman. He served as Chairman, President and CEO of Safeway Inc. from October 26, 1992 to May 14, 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
impression speaks
The first person a customer speaks with has the greatest impact on that customer's impression of Safeway.
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I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant upward pressure on health care costs.
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I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.
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We've been paying for 100 percent of preventive care. But if you're not getting annual physicals, then you're not going to gain a financial incentive, so effectively your insurance premium with us will go up.
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We're a high-volume, low-margin business, so we decided to reinvent our own approach to health care.
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What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at other forms of retail, whether they be food or non-food, we pay more. If you look at our health care benefits, we pay a lot more.
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We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.