CINCINNATI, Oct. 14 - The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today said it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 400 in Roanoke, Virginia.
The tentative agreement covers approximately 3,500 Kroger associates at 47 stores in western Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Tennessee.
The UFCW will present the tentative agreement to its members for consideration. Details of the tentative settlement are not being released at this time.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains. At the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,515 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 32 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith's and Smith's Marketplace, Fry's and Fry's Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger also operated (either directly or through subsidiaries, franchise agreements, or operating agreements) 791 convenience stores, 431 fine jewelry stores, 559 supermarket fuel centers and 42 food processing plants. For more information about Kroger, please visit our web site at http://www.kroger.com .
