For those trying to get the latest information about the novel coronavirus, the waves of sometimes conflicting data pounding the shore in a single news cycle can be overwhelming and confusing. But a couple of truths have become clear, and they bear repeating here. One: COVID-19 is going to ravage [...]
Traffic at Walmart Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Target Corp. dropped for the first time in the weeks since the coronavirus pandemic ramped up in the U.S., according to Placer.ai. Walmart traffic was down 6.7% year-over-year for the third week of March. The previous week, traffic was up 18.4%. At Costco, [...]
It is known for wine, but E&J Gallo Winery is now producing and bottling hand sanitizer. The world’s largest winery delivered dozens of cases to the Stanislaus County Office of Emergency Services to help first responders and others in need. “Given the shortage of sanitizer, our team members took the [...]
Ralphs and Food 4 Less will pay its workers an additional $2 hourly for at least the next three weeks, matching wage increases already in place at other big Southern California supermarket chains. The announcement, made jointly Wednesday, April 1 by parent company Kroger and the union that represents 22,000 [...]
In Covid-19's upheaval of the American economy, supply-and-demand patterns were swiftly knocked out of whack. Almost overnight, entire industries were crippled, sidelining workers and putting millions of people on the unemployment rolls. Seeking to ease the pain and balance out volatility in the labor market, corporations now are forging unlikely [...]
Today, the Kroger Co. and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union announced a new increase to the pay and benefits for more than 16,000 Arizona grocery workers at Fry’s and Smith’s stores across the state. This victory for more than 460,000 Kroger grocery workers nationwide was secured [...]
In this calm before the storm, before the projected wave of coronavirus patients slams Southland hospitals, it's the delivery drivers and grocery store workers who've become our unexpected heroes of the shutdown. Each day they bare the crowds and the shoppers challenged at social distancing or unable to stand more [...]
Several hundred workers at the JBS USA meat processing plant in Greeley called off work Monday as a handful of cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed among employees. About 500 people called off in the morning and another 400 did not go to work in the evening, said Kim [...]
Among the essential activities allowed during mandatory stay-at-home orders caused by the coronavirus pandemic is grocery shopping, but most experts agree that residents should cut back on the number of trips they make to the store as part of their social-distancing strategy. One key to doing that is to create [...]
It’s been more than three weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak prompted the first waves of panic buying. Shoppers around the country began crowding into the nearest grocery stores. Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, rubber gloves, medical masks and food all flew off the shelves. With non-essential businesses in states like California [...]