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AP Feed Performance art as governance strikes again. This one isn’t as deadly as “defund the police,” but it’s every bit as unmoored from reality. Grocery stores are not social programs. They’re not funded by the seemingly bottomless pit of money that government officials believe they enjoy. The Long Beach City Council mandated a pay raise for frontline workers such as grocery store employees. Seems like a fine idea to give people raises if the numbers work out, but they seldom do and...

Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs and Food 4 Less, will soon shut down two of its stores in Long Beach in response to the city imposing a “hero pay” increase of $4 per hour for some grocery store workers. The Ralphs at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal and the Food 4 Less at 2185 E. South St. are slated to close on April 17, the company said Monday. In announcing the closure, Kroger cited a recently passed Long Beach City Council ordinance that mandated the hazard pay bump for at least 120 da...

Senior Editor Effective Feb. 1, Trader Joe’s said the “thank you” premium for all hourly, non-management crew members was increased by $2. Trader Joe’s has increased its pandemic premium pay for workers — the latest development in a story that involves government mandates and closed stores. In a recent announcement, the food retailer said that it began paying hourly employees an additional $2 per hour at the beginning of the pandemic. Effective Feb. ...

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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...

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...

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...

Senior Editor Ralphs, along with Food 4 Less, appear to be victims of mandated grocery pay raises by local governments. Kroger is blaming mandated pandemic hazard pay for the upcoming closings of two supermarkets it owns in Long Beach, California. The stores scheduled to close are: The Ralphs store located at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal, and the Food 4 Less store located at 2185 E. South Street. The two closures decrease the chains’ store count by 25% in Long Beach. “...

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...

Kroger closing 2 California stores, blames new hazard pay order Jami Ganz Kroger Co. will be closing two of its Southern California stores this spring following a city order mandating extra pay for grocery workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company on Monday issued a statement announcing its plans to permanently close a “long-struggling” Ralphs and Food 4 Less, both in Long Beach, after the city’s “decision to pass an ordinance mandating Extra Pay for grocery wor...