Under the new rule, grocery stores will have to identify the country of origin for meats, produce and certain nuts; seafood is already labeled. Though it took effect on Tuesday, the Agriculture Department gave retailers six months to comply with the new law.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880, the union representing thousands of area grocery workers, has reached tentative contract agreements with Giant Eagle Inc. and Heinen's Fine Foods.
The fledgling Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market operation showed heavy losses in its first reported results, but sales were improving, parent company Tesco said Tuesday.
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Anthony Weiner said he’ll run against Bloomberg, but Bill Thompson was on the fence.
Thoought this was a good analysis about Tesco's report on Fresh & Easy's loss:
ReplyDeleteTitle: News & Analysis: Tesco Reports Half-Year Financials; Reports Loss For Fresh & Easy USA and Sales Per Square Foot Averages
Link:http://freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com/2008/09/news-analysis-tesco-reports-half-year.html
They also have a story about the UFCW and the workers at a store in Huntington Beach, California that want to be unionized. Tesco turned down their request letter.
Title: News & Analysis: Tesco Reports Half-Year Financials; Reports Loss For Fresh & Easy USA and Sales Per Square Foot Averages
Link: http://freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com/2008/10/tesco-fresh-easy-denies-huntington.html
The blog is at www.freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com if those links don't work.
Michael--UFCW retired.