LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Food 4 Less, California's leading
price-impact supermarket chain, today announced it has reached a tentative
agreement on a new labor contract with United Food and Commercial Workers
Locals 135, 324, 770, 1036, 1167, 1428 and 1442 in Southern California.
The collective bargaining agreement covers approximately 5,700 associates
working in 101 Food 4 Less-operated stores serving Kern, Imperial,
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and
Ventura counties.
The tentative agreement was reached after several months of negotiations.
The seven Southern California UFCW union locals have agreed to recommend
ratification to their members. The union locals will schedule voting dates on
or about October 4, 2004. Additional details of the tentative agreement were
not released.
Food 4 Less currently operates 137 price-impact, warehouse-format
supermarkets under the banners Food 4 Less in Southern California, Nevada,
Illinois and Indiana, and Foods Co in Northern California, from its
headquarters in Compton, CA. Food 4 Less is a division of The Kroger Co.,
(NYSE: KR), one of the nation's largest grocery retailers, headquartered in
Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information about Food 4 Less, visit
http://www.food4less.net
SOURCE Food 4 Less
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CONTACT:
Terry O'Neil, Director of Public Relations of
Food 4 Less, +1-310-884-4680
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