• MISSION, CULTURE AND OPERATING IMPERATIVES •

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MISSION

• First Choice of shoppers
• Market Leaders
  
• Committed to our customers and their changing needs
  
• Exceptional shopping experience
  
• Support and improve the communities we serve
  

CULTURE

• Loyalty and dedication to our Company, our customers and each other
  
• A passion to serve
  
• Preferred employer
  
• Treat each other, our customers and our vendors with dignity and respect
  
• Diversity honored by all
  
• Change as a catalyst
  
• Positive work environment that supports career development
  
• Open and honest communications to our Associates and our shoppers
  

OPERATING IMPERATIVES

• Personal accountability and commitment to achieving superior results
  
• Corporate code of behavior beyond reproach
  
• Transparent governance
  
• Ethics-driven decision making
  
• Good stewards of our company’s resources
  
• Profitable sales
  
• Innovative solutions
  
• Seek out the better way
  
• Well-integrated banners
  
• Associates empowered to provide customer solutions