- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=People With Disabilities: An Untapped and Diverse Labor Pool https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/272381?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/272381?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/272381?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=People With Disabilities: An Untapped and Diverse Labor Pool&body=ESG News from Albertsons Safeway Inc. https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/272381?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Diversity & Inclusion](/CSR-News/diversity-inclusion) # People With Disabilities: An Untapped and Diverse Labor Pool ##### By Kevin Smith Campaign: [Communities We Serve](/news/campaign/communities-we-serve) [Originally Posted by Press Enterprise](https://www.pe.com/2020/01/02/people-with-disabilities-an-untapped-and-diverse-labor-pool/) [Albertsons Companie](https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/home.html)s, which includes the Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions supermarket chains, is one of the businesses that employ people with disabilities. “Our stores have relationships with nonprofits who work specifically to develop job skills for developmentally disabled workers. We look for people who can take care of customers and interact with them, and those are teachable skills.” [New Horizons](https://newhorizons-sfv.org/), a North Hills-based nonprofit that helps people with disabilities reach their full potential, offers a “Go Grocery” program in partnership with Albertsons/Vons and the [California Department of Rehabilitation](https://www.dor.ca.gov/). Read the full article from Press Enterprise [here](http://www.pe.com/2020/01/02/people-with-disabilities-an-untapped-and-diverse-labor-pool/). Learn more about how Albertsons Companies prioritizes Diversity and Inclusion [here](https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/our-values/diversityandinclusion.html). [![Albertsons Companies Recipe for Change logo](/sites/default/files/Clients/RecipeForChange-BADGE-Full-Blue-RGB_0.png)](/profiles/albertsons-companies) ### More from Albertsons Safeway Inc. ###### [Albertsons Companies’ Mid-Atlantic Team Packed Snack Bags for the Boys & Girls Club of Chester](/news/albertsons-companies-mid-atlantic-team-packed-snack-bags-boys-girls-club-chester) May 13, 2025 11:30 AM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Awarded 2025 Gold Halo Award](/news/albertsons-companies-and-albertsons-companies-foundation-awarded-2025-gold-halo-award) May 8, 2025 1:30 PM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies Store Directors Pack Snacks for Athletes at Special Olympics Washington Spring Games](/news/albertsons-companies-store-directors-pack-snacks-athletes-special-olympics-washington-spring) May 6, 2025 1:00 PM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies Raised $300K for Charitable Causes With Beast Philanthropy in Recent Campaign](/news/albertsons-companies-raised-300k-charitable-causes-beast-philanthropy-recent-campaign) May 1, 2025 11:30 AM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies Southwest Division Volunteers at Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers](/news/albertsons-companies-southwest-division-volunteers-alice-coopers-solid-rock-teen-centers) Apr 30, 2025 1:30 PM ET ###### [Grocers Make a World of Difference on Earth Day](/news/grocers-make-world-difference-earth-day) Apr 29, 2025 2:00 PM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies Partners With Browne Forest Project To Plant Over 65,000 Trees](/news/albertsons-companies-partners-browne-forest-project-plant-over-65000-trees) Apr 25, 2025 3:55 PM ET ###### [Albertsons Companies Celebrates Earth Month With Boise River Walk Clean Up](/news/albertsons-companies-celebrates-earth-month-boise-river-walk-clean) Apr 24, 2025 12:10 PM ET