Two grocery stores in Southern California will shutter in April in response to a local “hero pay” measure requiring a $4-an-hour increase for grocery workers during the pandemic. Kroger, which owns more than a dozen grocery chains, announced this week that it would close a pair of Long Beach stores [...]
Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs and Food 4 Less, will soon shut down two stores in Long Beach, California in response to the city imposing a “hero pay” increase of $4 per hour for some grocery store workers. A Ralphs and a Food 4 Less are slated to close [...]
Kroger is experimenting with a high-tech grocery cart that lets shoppers scan items as they go and leave the store without waiting in a checkout line in its latest push to bring more automation into its stores. The nation’s largest supermarket chain has introduced a line of “KroGro” shopping carts, [...]
Kroger Co. ratified an agreement to withdraw from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union-Industry Pension Fund and contribute to a new variable annuity pension plan, the company said. Similar agreements were ratified by Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Albertsons Cos. The tentative agreements were announced in July. [...]
Profits soared an average of 39% in the first half of the year at supermarket chains and other food retailers, thanks to the pandemic, although front-line workers reaped little or no benefit, a new report shows. At Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., which has 119 stores in Michigan, profits for the first two quarters [...]
Workers at Walmart, Amazon, Kroger and other major retailers are calling on their employers to reinstate hazard pay and strengthen safety protocols ahead of the busy holiday shopping season as coronavirus infection rates skyrocket. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), which represents 900,000 grocery employees at chains such [...]
Kroger and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400 announced Friday night the two had reached agreement on a tentative contract, averting a possible strike by more than 4,200 Kroger workers in the Mountain State. A tweet from the union said, “We did it! Kroger backed down and [...]
The Kroger Co., Albertsons Cos. and dozens of other U.S. grocery retailers are teaming up with the Department of Health and Human Services to administer free COVID-19 vaccines. Through the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccination, grocers such as Kroger, Albertsons, Publix Super Markets, Walmart and Wegmans Food Markets will [...]
The possibility of a work stoppage at the largest grocery chain in West Virginia increased Friday as the two sides again failed to ratify a new contract. United Food and Commercial Workers 400 rejected the Kroger Mid-Atlantic division’s latest contract proposal, 1,551-130. The tally was nearly as lopsided — 1,490-131 [...]
Kroger employees have been voicing concerns about working during the pandemic and are taking issue with their benefits and safety. Front line workers including grocery store employees have been depended upon all throughout the pandemic. Friday, after disputes with corporate leaders, UFCW Local 400 union voted 1551-130 to reject a [...]