FMI’s Supermarket Employee Day makes debut News FMI’s Supermarket Employee Day makes debut FMI-The Food Industry Association today kicked off Supermarket Employee Day, a new industrywide campaign to…adminFebruary 23, 2021
Texans Needed Food and Comfort After a Brutal Storm. As Usual, They Found It at H-E-B News Texans Needed Food and Comfort After a Brutal Storm. As Usual, They Found It at H-E-B Gina Loera, 61, rode her bike to a store near downtown in San Antonio with…adminFebruary 23, 2021
Grocery store workers have been on the front lines for a year, but they’re struggling to get the Covid vaccine News Grocery store workers have been on the front lines for a year, but they’re struggling to get the Covid vaccine Grocery store workers in the United States have been stocking shelves, handling customers and keeping…adminFebruary 22, 2021
Save Mart Initiates Robot Grocery Delivery News Save Mart Initiates Robot Grocery Delivery The Save Mart Cos. has partnered with Starship Technologies to launch an on-demand grocery robot delivery…adminFebruary 18, 2021
The Giant Company taps Swisslog to automate e-commerce fulfillment center News The Giant Company taps Swisslog to automate e-commerce fulfillment center Ahold Delhaize USA’s The Giant Company supermarket chain and Peapod Digital Labs subsidiary have partnered…adminFebruary 18, 2021
Supermarket workers feel alone and unrecognized over COVID-19: ‘Is today the day I get the virus?’ News Supermarket workers feel alone and unrecognized over COVID-19: ‘Is today the day I get the virus?’ Adding to the stress is the growing political battle over granting grocery workers “hero pay,”…adminFebruary 17, 2021
Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner News Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents…adminFebruary 17, 2021
An unexpected pitfall for some cities’ mandatory hazard pay for essential workers News An unexpected pitfall for some cities’ mandatory hazard pay for essential workers Laura Fong: Last month, the Long Beach City Council, pointing to large chains not doing…adminFebruary 17, 2021
All In: How Walmart, Albertsons and Target Are Accelerating Change News All In: How Walmart, Albertsons and Target Are Accelerating Change In grocery, companies large and small, global and regional—including Walmart, Target, Albertsons and PCC Community…adminFebruary 11, 2021
UFCW presses states to speed up vaccine access for grocery workers News UFCW presses states to speed up vaccine access for grocery workers States that are not already providing priority vaccine access to frontline food workers must act…adminFebruary 11, 2021