Does Save Mart drug test?

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Yes, Save Mart drug tests. Save Mart is a grocery chain in the United States that drug tests its employees as part of its pre-employment screening process to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for both employees and customers

Save Mart has recently adopted the ORALScreen system for their employee drug testing.

This system is supposed to be the most accurate saliva-based drug test on the market, capable of detecting 99% of the drugs people abuse in the workplace.

Save Mart tests for the following - marijuana; cocaine; opiates, including OxyContin and oxycodone; and methamphetamines, including ecstasy. The test is typically performed onsite during the last round of interviews. It takes around 10 to 15 minutes for the test results to return.

Save Mart does have the right to randomly drug test their employees as stated in the work contract, however, Save Mart does not drug test you once hired unless there is reason to suspect someone is intoxicated at work. With that said, Save Mart does perform random drug testing on employees working in the distribution or the warehouse operating heavy machinery.

Save Mart is a tobacco-free workplace and as such it prohibits its employees from the use of regular cigarettes, as well as chewing tobacco, electronic cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, vapes, or any other variations while on the clock.