Article content When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, grocery store employees were hailed as heroes and given $2-an-hour bonuses. Now, in the crippling third wave, most “hero pay” is long gone, there’s little paid sick leave and store staff are still waiting to be vaccinated. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. “Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed.” That’s how it feels, an employee of a major grocery store in Windsor told me. Yet while we stay home, they keep showing up for work. They need their jobs, and we need to eat.