A general strike on Jan. 12 by employees at Denver area Kroger’s King Soopers grocery store appears likely following the breakdown of negotiations between the company and a workers union after offers of federal mediation were rejected on Jan. 7. The workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, which represents more than 8,700…
Union Strike At Kroger’s King Soopers Stores Imminent After Negotiations Fail
US Retailers Raise Prices of Discounted CCP Virus Test Kits After Agreement Ends With Biden Administration
January 5, 2022
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Walmart and Kroger, the two largest retailers in the United States, have both raised their prices for the BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid tests, after an agreement with the Biden administration to sell the antigen self-test kits at a fixed price expired at the end of the year. The average number of COVID-19 tests administered per day…
Young Man in Kroger Sees Man Snatch 87-Yr-Old Lady’s Purse and Run, Gives Chase, Tackles Him, and Is Hailed a Hero
At a Kroger in Lemon Township, dad Deshawn Pressley, 27, with his 1-year-old daughter, was having a pleasant conversation with elderly neighbor Pat Goins, 87, just moments before the mugging occurred. While Goins was in the checkout, a male assailant swiped her purse and took off—not just to her own dismay but also to that…
Kroger Ending COVID-19 Sick Leave Benefits for Unvaccinated Workers, Adding Health Surcharge
December 14, 2021
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Kroger is ending certain benefits for unvaccinated workers in order to compel its workforce to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Unvaccinated workers will no longer be eligible to receive up to two weeks of paid emergency sick leave if they get sick with COVID-19 variants. Kroger, the country’s largest grocery chain, employs almost 500,000 employees who interact…
Grocery Workers’ Union Calls for Strike in Fred Meyer, QFC Stores
Fred Meyer and Quality Food Centers workers have voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize their union for a strike in the Kroger subsidiaries, as grocers enter into one of the busiest seasons of the year. Representing over 29,000 essential workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 (UFCW 555)…
Grocery Workers Vote to Authorize Strike at Fred Meyer, QFC Stores
Grocery workers at Fred Meyer and Quality Food Centers have voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize their union to strike against the Kroger Co. subsidiaries, as grocers enter into one of the busiest seasons of the year. Representing over 29,000 essential workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555…
Kroger Dismisses Bitcoin Partnership, Claims ‘Fraudulent’ Communication
Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the United States and the second biggest retailer after Walmart, recently set aside a rumor that the store would be accepting Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment. The rumor was based on a press release on Kroger’s website, which said the grocer would be accepting Bitcoin Cash. Derived…
Kroger Looking Into Fake Press Release Touting Acceptance of Bitcoin Cash
November 6, 2021
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Kroger Co. is looking into the publication of a fake press release, claiming the acceptance of bitcoin cash at its stores, the grocer said on Friday, after becoming the second major retailer in recent weeks to get entangled in a crypto hoax. The release, which said the grocer would accept the cryptocurrency this holiday season,…
Bed Bath & Beyond Surges 80 Percent on Kroger Deal, Digital Shift, and $1 Billion Buyback
Bed Bath & Beyond surged nearly 80 percent in Tuesday’s after-hours trading session on the heels of three new announcements from the company outlining strategic plans to help with its turnaround. Here are the details traders and investors should know. Share Buyback Bed Bath & Beyond increased the amount of its three-year share buyback to…
Suspected Tennessee Grocery Store Mass Shooter Identified
A man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding 14 others at a Kroger grocery store in Tennessee on Thursday was identified by police and reportedly had no history of violence, authorities said on Friday. Police identified the alleged shooter as UK Thang, a 29-year-old man who was a third-party vendor for the supermarket…
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