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By Valerie Hernandez Feb 2, 2021 Kroger just announced that it will close down a Ralph's 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 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. 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 ...

By Valerie Hernandez Feb 2, 2021 Kroger just announced that it will close down a Ralph's 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 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. 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 ...

Senior Editor Ralph's, 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. “As a result of the City of Long Beach’s decision to pass an ordinance mandating Extra Pay for gro...

By Valerie Hernandez Feb 2, 2021 Kroger just announced that it will close down a Ralph's 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 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. 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 ...

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 workers,” the Press-Telegram reports. Ralphs at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal and the Food 4 Less at 2...