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The decision announced by the company Monday follows a unanimous vote last month by the Long Beach City Council mandating a 120-day increase of $4 an hour for employees.

Trader Joes announced that it will increase its "thank you" pay by $2 for all hourly, nonmanagement crew members. The increase means those employees now will receive an additional $4 per hour, according to a coronavirus update on its website. Unlike several grocers who did away with the extra pay more than six months ago, Trader Joes has continued to provide it.  "Since the beginning of the pandemic, Trader Joe’s has provided all hourly crew members with an additional $2/hr thank you wage,...

Kroger Co. will close two Southern California supermarkets in response to a local ordinance requiring extra pay for certain grocery employees working during the pandemic.

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...

The chain decided to close the stores after the Long Beach City Council in Southern California passed an ordinance requiring large grocery outlets to increase wages by $4 an hour due to the pandemic.

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2 California supermarkets closing after city orders pay hike Feb. 02, 2021 at 10:42 am Associated Press Kroger Co. will close two Southern California supermarkets in response to a local ordinance requiring extra pay for certain grocery employees working during the pandemic. The decision announced by the company Monday follows a unanimous vote last month by the Long Beach City Council mandating a 120-day increase of $4 an hour for employees of supermarkets with at least 300 employees nationwide ...

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. “...

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...

By Lexi Lonas - 02/02/21 03:13 PM EST   Kroger is closing two grocery stores, Ralphs and Food 4 Less, in Long Beach, Calif. after the city voted to require the supermarket company to give employees an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay during the pandemic.  “As a result of the City of Long Beach’s 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,” the company said...