By Francisco Guzman and Alexander Coolidge Source: USA Today Kroger and Albertsons supermarkets are in talks to sell more than 400 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers for nearly $2 billion as part of their proposed $25 billion merger, according to a report from Reuters. The divestiture, which was first reported [...]
Source: UFCW Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.3 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, retail, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement following the announcement of a merger between southeastern retail grocers, Aldi, Winn-Dixie, and Harveys Supermarket. UFCW International [...]
By Diane Bartz Source: Reuters U.S. antitrust enforcers reviewing Kroger's plan to buy rival grocery giant Albertsons are probing whether suppliers will be squeezed in a way that hurts small grocery chains, according to people who spoke to federal and state regulators. Staffers for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which [...]
By Todd Walters Source: Times of San Diego As the president of UFCW Local 135, representing over 9,000 hardworking members at Kroger’s Ralphs and Food 4 Less and competing Albertsons and Vons in San Diego County, I firmly believe that our union’s mission is to protect our members and the [...]