By Editorial Board Source: New York Daily News The eclectic grocery chain Trader Joe’s has strived to cultivate an image of friendliness, tongue-in-cheek humor and social consciousness, attracting throngs of loyal customers who appreciate the ethos, the quality and the reasonable prices. We’ll see if these customers stick around now [...]
By Tara Siegel Bernard Source: The New York Times Americans are suffering from sticker shock. With inflation running at 8.6 percent, its fastest pace in 40 years, people are balking at the rising cost of everything from groceries to gas. In May 2021, the average price of a dozen large [...]
By Emily Sanders Source: PYMNTS.com Today in retail, inflation-smacked consumers content to eat dinner and watch movies at home for now, while retailers are using cash incentives to encourage customers to pick up their orders. Plus, Harrods postpones summer sale amid supply chain hang-ups. With spiraling food and gasoline prices [...]
By Wayne Heilman Source: The Gazette Contract talks between King Soopers and United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 7 heated up Wednesday after the labor group sued in federal court, alleging the grocery chain violated its contract by using cleaning contractors to stock shelves. The lawsuit came as the [...]
Despite being a nascent and still federally illegal operation, most states deemed cannabis companies and ancillary services as essential businesses when COVID-19 hit the U.S. Since that time, consumer demand has sustained – if not grown – and patients have been able to continue getting their medicine. Now, the legal [...]
Grocery workers at Safeway and Albertsons stores across the state have new protections and support after negotiations between labor unions and the company. Among them: an effort to to work with the state and federal government to treat them as first responders and set up a child care fund for [...]