Former Vice President Joe Biden told a rally in Dorchester, Mass., Thursday that the 31,000 Stop & Shop workers on strike in New England are part of a movement to "take back this country." "I know you're used to hearing political speeches, and I'm a politician. I get it," said [...]
As thousands of Stop & Shop workers remain on strike in New England, some Jewish families are preparing for Passover without the region's largest supermarket chain, which has deep roots in the local Jewish community. A number of rabbis in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island have been advising their congregations [...]
The issue at the heart of the strike by 30,000 Stop & Shop workers goes beyond wages and benefits. Technology and competition are affecting more than the chain's 240 stores in New England. However the labor dispute shakes out, one thing is for certain: Wherever you shop, the local supermarket [...]
Ten of thousands of Stop & Shop workers across New England walked off the job last Thursday after months of negotiations between company officials and union leaders failed to produce a new contract agreement. But why? The Quincy-based company says its latest contact proposal would still provide above-average wages and [...]
More than 30 years after a strike in 1988, “and it lasted less than a day,” said Stop & Shop External Communications Manager Stefanie Shuman, work contract negotiations continued Wednesday, April 17, after nearly one week with union workers on strike at Stop & Shop grocery stores throughout New England [...]
Roughly 31,000 employees of the northeastern grocery chain Stop & Shop have been on strike for nearly a week across more than 240 stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The workers, represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), walked out on April 11 after voting to authorize the strike [...]
The Stop & Shop workers’ strike enters its sixth day Tuesday with both sides still unable to agree on a new contract. Negotiations, however, will continue Tuesday morning. “While talks continued with the company Monday through the federal mediator, Stop & Shop is still demanding major concessions that could severely [...]
The stakes have never been higher for Kroger. The 135-year-old grocery chain is facing stronger competition than ever before, between Amazon's foray into groceries with its acquisition of Whole Foods, Walmart's multi-billion-dollar investments in store remodels and digital grocery services, and the rapid growth of German discount grocers Aldi and [...]
The entry of hard discount grocer Lidl stands to stir up the already highly competitive retail grocery market in metropolitan New York. Industry observers say Lidl’s acquisition of 27 Best Market supermarkets in New York and New Jersey will push incumbent grocery stores to trim prices, thinning already narrow profit [...]
Discount grocery store Aldi is moving forward on bringing its national expansion to metro Phoenix — but it's unclear if any stores would open this year. A city spokeswoman for Buckeye says the store planned there will wait until after an Aldi distribution center opens in neighboring Goodyear. That's expected in 2020. The chain, popular in [...]