By Eric Burkett Source: Courthouse News Service A federal judge declined to dismiss a class action brought by a California supermarket chain's workers who claim the company misrepresented medical benefits offered to non-union employees. U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled Friday that the four plaintiffs — Jose Luna, Katherine Baker, [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Save Mart Cos. has become the latest grocer to tap Amazon for same-day delivery. Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart said yesterday that Save Mart banner stores in Lathrop and Ceres, Calif., now offer two-hour grocery delivery via Amazon. Plans call for Save Mart to [...]
By Emily Crowe Source: Progressive Grocer The Save Mart Co. has unveiled its latest Lucky location in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. The store offers a full array of groceries and meal solutions in an innovative smaller footprint and, according to Save Mart, marks a new chapter for the [...]
By Evan Haddad Source: Reno Gazette Journal A supermarket chain with five stores in Reno-Sparks will be shutting down its pharmacies next week. Save Mart Supermarkets, a grocery chain that was acquired in March by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management LP, has announced the shuttering of all its pharmacies [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: The Modesto Bee The little white robots that had become part of Modesto’s landscape as they rolled around town delivering groceries are no more. Save Mart Supermarkets officials have confirmed their autonomous, touchless delivery fleet has been grounded by their San Francisco-based partner, Starship Technologies. Read the [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8-Golden State has ratified new labor agreements for grocery workers at Safeway, Vons, Save Mart, Lucky and Food Maxx supermarkets in Northern and Central California. UFCW 8GS said the three-year contracts with Albertsons Cos. (Safeway and Vons) and [...]
By Bridget Goldschmidt Source: Progressive Grocer Following extensive bargaining sessions, UFCW 8-Golden State has arrived at tentative contract agreements covering its membership at Save Mart Cos. locations throughout Southern, Central and Northern California. The new agreements cover 8,000 members working at all unionized Save Mart banners in UFCW 8-Golden State’s [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: Modesto Bee Despite its proximity to Silicon Valley, Modesto doesn’t get to be on the leading edge of many technological trends. But in 2020, Save Mart Supermarkets launched new grocery delivery robots, making it the first retailer in the nation to use the technology. Now, as [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News The Save Mart Companies announced Shane Sampson as executive chairman. Sampson brings four decades of retail grocery experience to Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart, including various executive positions at Albertsons, Sam’s Club, Ahold USA, Shaw’s/Star Market and Jewel-Osco. Most recently, he served as chief merchandising [...]
By Marijke Rowland Source: The Sacramento Bee Modesto-born Save Mart Supermarkets has been bought by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, ending 70 years of Central Valley ownership of the popular grocery chain. The Save Mart Cos. — which includes Save Mart, Lucky California, and FoodMaxx grocery stores — was [...]