Industry News
 
2007   
 
  11/29  Court orders Tesco to comply with state environmental review act
  11/5   Presidential Candidates' Letters to Tesco
  10/22 Wal-Mart thinks smaller in California
  10/11 California Food and Drug Council Prepares for
 Tesco's Arrival in California and Southwest
  10/10 Tesco "Fresh & Easy store openings
  10/05 UFCW 8 Supermarket Contract Extended to December 1
   9/28 British company plans to open grocery stores in area
   9/20 UFCW Protests 'British Invasion' of Tesco
   8/16 Kroger Names Donnelly President of Ralphs 
   7/31 Support Teamster's Rally in Oceanside 7/31
   7/27 Support Atlas Mechanical's Rally on 7/27 and 7/31
    6/4  City Council votes to prohibit 'big-box' retail stores
    5/8  Supervalu Chief Paid $20.4 Million
    5/1  Kona Kai Picket Line
   4/19 Tesco Sees ‘Very Substantial Business in U.S.’
 

 4/16  Houston Supermarket Workers Joining Nationwide

      Call for Good Jobs and Affordable Health Care
 

  3/28  Wal-Mart CEO slams door on New York City   
    3/28  Unions: Will Grocery Pact Have Coattails?
    3/15  Kroger Interested in Acquisitions, if Price Is Right
 

  3/13  Kroger's quarterly profit soars, shares up
    3/11  Workers Approve New Contract with Stop & Shop
    3/11  A Statement from the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company
     3/7  Stop & Shop union: New pact or we'll walk
     3/6  Stop & Shop Unions Enter Critical Week
     3/1  Upside of Albertsons Remodels Greater than Expected
     3/1  Wal-Mart May Be Considering New Format
     2/28 Strike may hit Tesco supplies
     2/28 A&P, Pathmark confirm talks
     2/22  Safeway 4Q profit climbs 77 percent to cap best year since 2001
  
   2/21 Whole Foods to Buy Wild Oats for $565M
     2/20 Stop & Shop Talks Resume under Strike Threat
     2/20 Stop & Shop Negotiations Break Off
     2/13 Stater Bros. to Focus on Building Volume
 

   2/13 Strike Vote Looms for Stop & Shop Unions
 

   2/6   Union Bill Stirs Threat of Backlash
     2/6   Stop & Shop Workers OK Possible Strike
 

   2/1   Wal-Mart Cuts Taxes By Paying Rent to Itself
     1/31 Rally to Support EMT Paramedics 
     1/28 Tesco Plans to Open Stores in San Diego County
     1/16 UFCW Contract Campaign at www.RespectUFCW.com
     1/09 Supervalu 3Q Profit Climbs 51 Pct
     1/09 Burd Praises Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Health Care Reforms
     1/08 Kroger exec expects strong '07 amid grocery industry change
     1/02 National Supermarket Worker Movement Continues to Grow and Gain    Supporters
 

2006
     12/19 Two Real Cows & Actor in Scrooge Costume Back Holiday Boycott of    Alta Dena Dairy
     12/14  Safeway's Burd pushes for health care reform
     12/14  Safeway anxiously awaits Tesco's U.S. entry
     12/11  Ad Targets Employee Benefits at Walmart
 
  12/07  Sector Snap: Grocery Stores Mixed
  12/07  Tesco looking at 300 sites for grocery stores
  11/30  Wal-Mart's holiday sales warning unsettles retail industry
  11/28  City Council Bans Supercenter-Size Stores
  10/24 Skilling gets 24 years in collapse of Enron
  10/24 Tentative ruling favors grocery chains in antitrust case
  10/16 Ralphs to pay $70 million in plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson harangued the supermarket chain for its actions.
  10/12 Jury awards ex-Starbucks worker $250,000
  10/12 Safeway third-quarter profit jumps 42 pct
  10/12 SuperValu’s earnings
  10/10 Ross Stores buys Albertsons sites
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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