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2 Kroger grocery stores set to close in Long Beach Saturday due to Hero Pay ordinance  Published  Two Long Beach grocery stores set to close due to ‘Hero Pay’ ordinance LONG BEACH, Calif. - Two Kroger grocery stores in Long Beach are set permanently close on April 17 due to mandated raises, also known as the "hero pay" ordinance that was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Earlier this year, Long Beach became the first city in Southern California to pass the ordinance,...

- ADVERTISEMENT - The North Long Beach grocery store is part of a string of closures announced by Kroger Co. this year following several cities’ passage of “hero pay” ordinances. The Long Beach protest was part of a larger demonstration occurring simultaneously in Los Angeles and Seattle. The grocery giant announced store closures in all three cities following their passage of ordinances requiring large grocery stores to temporarily increase employee pay. “This is the closest store to m...

A small group of protesters gathered outside Sunday afternoon at the Ralphs in Marina Pacifica in Long Beach calling for a boycott of the Kroger Co. store there and its products in response to the company’s decision to close two of its lower-performing stores. - ADVERTISEMENT - The national grocery company is closing one of its “long struggling” Ralphs stores, located at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal, and one Food 4 Less store, located at 2185 E. South St., in April, which will impact near...

Move marks third Kroger Co. banner to shut locations due to mandated wage hikes

The Kroger Co., criticized locally for its planned announcement to close two stores in Long Beach after the city passed an ordinance mandated an extra $4 in...

The Kroger Co., criticized locally for its planned announcement to close two stores in Long Beach after the city passed an ordinance mandating an extra $4 in hourly pay for grocery workers, is giving $100 to all employees who get the COVID-19 vaccine.  

By City News Service Feb 3, 2021 LONG BEACH (CNS) - A group of workers at a Long Beach Food 4 Less store scheduled to be closed in response to the citys mandate that employees be paid an extra $4-an-hour in “hero pay rallied outside the market today, decrying the decision to shutter the store. “They want to shut the store down after all the hard work Ive done to feed the needy families, and everything, and risk my life and my families lives at home, worker Robert Gonzales said at a news co...

Food retailer operators worry that local pay mandates will result in more store closures and other consequences. The pandemic pay mandate issues keeps escalating, with federal lawsuits being filed against local governments passing such laws.   The California Grocers Association (CGA) says it has filed federal lawsuits against the City of Oakland and City of Montebello — both in California — to challenge ordinances approved by them mandating an additional $5 per hour in ext...

Planned Ralphs, Food 4 Less closings highlight issue of pandemic compensation for frontline grocery workers The Kroger Co. is closing two supermarkets in Long Beach, Calif., because of a new municipal law that mandates hazard pay to grocery workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Plans call for the Ralphs store at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal and the Food 4 Less store at 2185 E. South St. in Long Beach to close on April 17, the two Kroger divisions said yesterday. The chains said the two loc...

By Valerie Hernandez Feb 2, 2021 Kroger just announced that it will close down a Ralphs and a Food4Less location in Long Beach as a response to a city ordinance requiring a $4 "hero pay" salary boost. In a company statement, "As a result of the city of Long Beachs decision to pass an ordinance mandating extra pay for grocery workers, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close long-struggling store locations in Long Beach. This misguided action by the Long Beach City Council over...