By Timothy Inklebarger
Source: Supermarket News
The company is positioned to buy nearly 600 stores from the two companies and workers are concerned.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, which is positioned to purchase 579 stores from Kroger and Albertsons if federal regulators approve their proposed $24.6 billion merger, restated its commitment to honor all union contracts if the deal goes through.
A story in the Albuquerque Journal noted that workers at stores that could be divested in the state have worried that their jobs and benefits could be on the line, but Greg Frazier, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1564, which represents roughly 1,500 Albertsons workers and 2,500 Kroger workers across the state, said C&S has committed to honoring the contracts.
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