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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 nearly 200 employees and may involve layoffs. The closure announcement came just weeks after the Long Be...

The city of West Hollywood is being sued over its so-called "hero pay" for grocery workers. "What they're going to do is burden California with two million more dollars of unemployment," said protester Koko Dodson. "Where's that four dollars?" Long Beach Mayor Robert said grocers have been making record profits, adding that he believes the essential workers they employ deserve the wage increase. Protesters said closing the two stores will hurt community residents. "The locations that they're are choosing to close are what we consider urban locations, locations in North Long Beach, downtown Le...