Workers at Metro Inc. are putting in overtime to keep stores open as the company grapples with an ongoing labour crunch, the Montreal-based grocery and drugstore retailer said Wednesday.
"There's a lot of open positions out there and there's not enough workers to fill them," Metro president and CEO Eric La Fleche said during a call to discuss the company's third-quarter results.
His comments came as the grocery retailer reported a third-quarter profit of $275 million, up from $252.4 million a year earlier, as sales gained 2.5 per cent. On an adjusted basis, Metro said it earned $1.18 cents per diluted share for the quarter, up from $1.06 per diluted share a year earlier.
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