grocery stores

Millions of pounds of meat are being recalled. Here's what to look for in your fridge

12:41pm October 16, 2024

Over 11 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry were recalled over listeria concerns, affecting salads, wraps, frozen meals and more from popular chains like Target, Trader Joe's and Walmart.

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A shopper packs groceries from Kroger into a car.

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Will the feds block a grocery megamerger? Kroger and Albertsons will soon find out

4:43pm January 09, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

America's two largest supermarket chains have struck a $25 billion deal to combine. Now the FTC is about to decide whether it will block or allow it, and under what conditions.

Tiaudra Artis is the general manager at Monica's in York, which her mother owns.

Economy

A rodent infestation shut down Family Dollar stores. How one Alabama town is coping

2:26pm February 26, 2022

by Stephan Bisaha

A Family Dollar in York, Alabama is one of the few shopping options in town. But it's shuttered due to a warehouse rodent infestation.

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A grocery store worker sanitizes a shopping cart at a MOM's Organic Market in Washington, D.C., in April 2020.

Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling

5:01pm January 18, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

Employers from Macy's to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.

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People wait in long lines at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. The large supermarket chain said the "unprecedented weather event in Texas has caused a severe disruption in the food supply chain."

National

Several Days Into The Texas Deep Freeze, Food Is Scarce

3:02pm February 18, 2021

by Avie Schneider

Amid power and water shutdowns, the extreme cold is disrupting the food supply. Customers are finding empty grocery shelves across Texas and people desperate to stock up are forming long lines.

Tekiah Elzey is using Coworker.org to petition for hazard pay to be restored at the New Seasons Market where she works in Portland, Ore.

Economy

Power Of The Petition: Nonprofit Helps Front-Line Workers Fight For Their Rights

11:53am October 14, 2020

by Ashish Valentine

Eight out of every nine American workers don't have a union to represent them in workplace disputes. A nonprofit website is helping push for better wages and working conditions amid the pandemic.

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This weekend, temporary pay bumps for workers during the coronavirus pandemic are ending at companies across the country. In a normal world, high hazard pay might be the only way to stop employees from quitting en masse. But with tens of millions unemploy

As 'Hero' Pay Ends, Essential Workers Wonder What They Are Worth

8:01am May 30, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Many retail and food workers are losing temporary wage bumps they got during the pandemic. Some say their work hazards are only increasing, while their wage is lower than unemployment benefits.

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Yesenia Ortiz works at a grocery store in Greensboro, N.C. She says she wishes she would get paid more during the pandemic because of the extra level of risk to which she is exposed.

Economy

People Can't See It, But This Grocery Worker Still Wears Lipstick Under Her Mask

1:09pm May 29, 2020

by Sarah Gonzalez

As a low-wage worker, Yesenia Ortiz wishes she would get paid more during the pandemic because of the extra level of risk to which she is exposed.

Michelle Lee, who has worked for Safeway for 32 years, wishes customers would be more patient about shortages. "They can't understand why they keep coming back and we don't have" items such as toilet paper, she says.

Economy

Grocery Worker Has Never Seen Shelves Being Emptied Like This

9:22pm May 07, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Michelle Lee, a Safeway cashier, wishes customers would be more patient about shortages. "They can't understand why they keep coming back and we don't have" items such as toilet paper, she says.

Courtney Meadows says the coronavirus has changed how other people see her job as a grocery store cashier.

Economy

Grocery Cashier Is 'Putting A Little Positivity' Into Seniors' Shopping Trips

5:01pm April 29, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Grocery stores have carved out special shopping times for seniors and others. "Just to be able to spend that one-on-one time with ... them. They definitely make me laugh," Courtney Meadows says.