Master Grocer
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Kroger Associates Ratify Labor Agreement
The Kroger Co. workers at the Mid-South and Atlanta sections recently ratified two labor pacts. The agreement with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1995 was approved and will affect about 10,500 members at the two divisions. Earlier in December, the members had rejected an offer made by the retail chain. The parties continued negotiations…
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Report: Market Basket Moving Into Maine
Market Basket, the New England grocer, is set to open its first Maine store in 2013 in the town of Biddeford. This is according to town officials who published a report in a local paper. Economic Development Director Daniel Stevenson talked to the Journal Tribune and said that the first Maine store of Market Basket would…
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Tostitos Hosts U.S. Vets Homecoming Football Game
Tostitos showed its support of the Pat Tillman Foundation’s ‘Got Your 6’ campaign by hosting its football party for United States military veterans. Tostitos is a brand of Frito-Lay, based in Plano, Texas. The select veterans were treated to an on-field surprise bash that was to be a celebratory homecoming for the veterans who had served…
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FDA: Specific GE Salmon is Not a Threat to the Environment
Via the agency’s website, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that following an environmental assessment, genetically engineered salmon in the Atlantic would not affect the environment significantly. The FDA publicly released the announcement on December 22 on its website and posted in its Federal Register on the 26th. The announcement has faced strong criticism,…
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Growth of Holiday Sales Slowing
Growth of retail sales this festive season have slowed due to fears of an expected “fiscal cliff,” as well as other factors according to some reports. Spending Pulse, MasterCard advisers, are estimating that the holiday sales in these two months (November, December) increased by 0.7 percent more than last year. The company had indicated a…
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Port Strike Avoided
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have come to an agreement to continue negotiations for 30 more days, averting potential port strikes at Gulf and East Coast ports. The two ports account for high 95% of the Eastern seaboard containerized shipments. National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay…
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Raley’s Employees Ratify Pact for Union Access
New Raley’s contracts have been ratified by its employees, which will permit the United Food & Commercial Workers to manage some of the chain’s non-union stores. The union will be organizing 22 of these stores and allow greater union access by associates. The contract negotiations took more than one year and the back and forth…
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Publix Career-Based Page Boost
Publix Super Markets’ career site has gotten major boosts from followers. Just 5 months after its launch, the Facebook page dedicated to career focused issues has succeeded in getting 5,000-plus “likes.” The career-based page facebook.com/publixcareers gives career tips, job openings information, employee profiles, information on the chain happenings such as store openings, chats with recruiters…