Roundy's hiring 2,500 workers for its Pick ’n Save and Metro Market stores to handle increased demand

From JSOnline:

Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. is hiring 2,500 workers at Pick 'n Save and other stores to handle increased demand tied to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. wants to hire up to 2,500 workers for its Pick ’n Save and Metro Market stores throughout Wisconsin, the Milwaukee-based company announced Friday.

Roundy's, like other supermarket operators, is seeing a surge in demand from shoppers stocking up on food, toilet paper and other items as social distancing, quarantines and other measures are enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company needs help in all positions and all shifts at 106 Wisconsin stores. This includes full-time, part-time and salaried management positions.

Roundy’s benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, 401(k) savings plans, tuition reimbursement, vacation days and an employee assistance program.

Read more:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/blogs/shop-talk/2020/03/20/roundys-hiring-2-500-workers-throughout-wisconsin-demand-surges/2883871001/

Employers had trouble finding employees before the coronavirus struck.  Where the hell are they going to get 2,500 workers?  Or Amazon get 10,000?  Or Walmart get 150,000?  It's absurd.