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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...

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) The City of Long Beach, California has been among the hardest hit in the country as a result of COVID-19 restrictions placed by both the state and the City of Long Beach.  Lots of small businesses continue to remain closed and those lucky enough to be open are struggling for business.  Among the businesses that never closed, grocery stores have been exempt from most, if not all of the government-imposed restrictions. There’s an old saying about the road to hell,...

By City News Service Feb 1, 2021 LONG BEACH (CNS) - Grocery company Kroger announced today it will be shuttering two of its stores in Long Beach -- a Ralphs location and a Food4Less store -- in response to a city ordinance requiring a $4 “hero pay salary boost for some workers. “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, ...

- ADVERTISEMENT - The national grocery giant is closing one of its Ralphs stores, located at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal, and one Food 4 Less store, located at 2185 E. South St. The permanent closures will happen April 17, the company said, adding that the stores were “long struggling” locations. “This misguided action by the Long Beach City Council oversteps the traditional bargaining process and applies to some, but not all, grocery workers in the city,” the company stated in its ann...

Ralphs, Food 4 Less to close 25% of Long Beach stores over extra $4 per hour Hero Pay ordinance By Mary Stringini Ralphs, Food 4 Less to close Long Beach stores over extra $4 per hour ‘Hero Pay’ ordinance LONG BEACH, Calif. - Ralphs and Food 4 Less, both owned by the parent company Kroger, announced Monday that they will be closing 25% of their stores in Long Beach after the city council passed an ordinance requiring companies with over 300 employees nationwide to pay employees an extra ...