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Ralphs Grocery Company has contracts with the United Food and Commercial Workers, the largest grocery union in the United States.In late 2003 and early 2004, Ralphs locked out its workers who were members of the UFCW in sympathy with competitor Vons (owned by Safeway Inc.) in Southern California, after the UFCW had declared a strike against Vons.
Albertsons, which owns Vons, and Kroger, which owns Ralphs, are pursuing a merger that would combine the two largest grocery store chains in the U.S. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Owns 26% stake in Americold Realty Trust; [53] Leveraged buyouts of Jurgensen's, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, and Ralphs supermarket chains, and sold to Kroger for $13.5 billion; [54] Signed Fleming Companies, Inc. as sole food supplier to Kmart; [55] Majority stake in Pathmark grocery stores; [56] Cyrk, the former Beanie Baby promotion agency; [57]
The Federal Trade Commision has sued to block the merger of Kroger, which owns the Ralphs supermarket chain, with Albertsons, owner of Vons and other chains. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
In 1994, Yucaipa Companies, then owner of the Alpha Beta chain in southern California, purchased the Ralphs Grocery Company. All existing Alpha Beta stores in Southern California were rebranded as Ralphs or Food 4 Less, [3] and the Alpha Beta name ceased to be used by September 1995.
Albertsons, which owns Safeway, Vons and Pavilions, including this store in Paso Robles, announced a merger with Kroger, which owns Ralphs and Food 4 Less, on Oct. 14. California food deserts
The deal will bring together the largest and second-largest supermarket companies. In California, Kroger owns Food4Less and Ralphs; Albertsons owns Safeway, Vons and Pavilions. The two companies ...
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