Training Courses

As a licensee, Save-A-Lot offers a comprehensive training program that provides licensees with the knowledge and necessary tools to operate a Save-A-Lot food store. Save-A-Lot offers several different programs to assist, including:

Licensed Retailer Training Program

If this is your first retail operation, Save-A-Lot wants to prepare you for success with training and practice designed to help you get up and running quickly and effectively. The basis of a shared commitment between the licensed retailer and Save-A-Lot creates a sustainable competitive advantage that can lead to profitable growth and long-term success for both licensees and Save-A-Lot.

As a new licensee, Save-A-Lot offers a comprehensive five week training program that provides you with the knowledge and necessary tools to operate a Save-A-Lot food store. The training program includes integrated classroom and hands-on in-store training.

Whether you are new to grocery or have years of experience as an owner or manager, Save-A-Lot offers a broad range of additional training options, including:

Retail Leadership Training Series

The Retail Leadership Training Series, composed of two one-week training sessions in St. Louis, is geared to prepare retailers for the responsibilities associated with store management.

The purpose is to provide licensed store managers with a consistent, well-structured, effective and efficient process for learning and understanding the “Best Practices” of Save-A-Lot stores. The series is an interactive process that is a great experience for all areas of retail management—Store Management, Operations Managers, Storeowners, Accounting, Human Resources and Trainers.

On-Site Training Seminars

Save-A-Lot’s on-site training seminars are a great resource for licensees in how to improve their operations. These seminars are available through your Save-A-Lot District Manager and cover the following areas:

• Sales per employee hour
• Shrink Control seminars
• GOT (Greet, Offer, Thank) – Customer Service
• Consumer Research
• Hiring quality store managers
• Positive store environment
• Meat Department training
• Produce Department training
• Ethnic merchandising

Store Manager In-Store Training Modules

Save-A-Lot District Managers are equipped with four phases of in-store training modules as an ongoing approach of teaching store managers techniques for successful store operations.

Examples of module topics:

Learning Launch

Through SUPERVALU, Learning Launch offers five separate libraries of on-line learning. Below are a few examples of courses that are offered: