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HAPPY 50                         TH      DENNIS










    I think it’s fair to say Dennis Dwyer knows                                                       One of his favorite memories includes working
    everything there is to know about Jewel-                                                          with the team at #3531. “We would work
    Osco based on his positions the past five                                                         nights and go play baseball afterwards
    decades. “I was hired as a                                                                        against other stores. Working the Grand
    bagger followed by stocker, frozen clerk,                                                         Opening of 2940 as co-manager with the
    dairy clerk, produce clerk, produce                                                               team – a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun.”
    manager, assistant grocery manager, co-
    manager, store manager, transportation                                                            In his spare time Dennis likes to travel,
    supervisor, dispatch manager,                                                                     motorcycle riding and vintage cars!
    superintendent in FFC, grocery, Associate
    Relations Manager  – 2 special projects –
    facilitator in TQM, Six Sigma Black Belt,
    Role Model in 2004.”
                                                                                                               “Come to work, pay
    His stores have included 3026, 3531, 2940,                                                                attention and continue
    2303,3140, 5516, 7536, 9449, 2722, 6505,
    4234, 4540, 6209, 3120, 2235 and 3400,                                                                       to learn and better
    but not in that order he added.                                                                             yourself everyday .
                                                                                                                 Treat people with
     Dennis says Jewel-Osco was built on the                      Dennis Dwyer                                 respect and along the
    “first assistant philosophy. "Our job was to
    train our replacement, that way we                         Associate Relations                            way, nine times out of
    passed tribal knowledge own to the next                          Manager                                   ten, it will be repaid
    generation. Everyone knew what was                             Melrose Park                                    with interest”  34
    expected and how they fit into the big
    picture, to include the customers. It was
    posted in the front of all of our stores.”
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