https://inthesetimes.com/article/grocery-workers-local-unions-fight-kroger-albertsons-merger

#Albertsons #GroceryWorkers #Kroger #laborMovement #organize #solidarity #unions

Okay, per my previous post about scam, shell-game pricing at Safeway (and likely other company chains like Albertsons and Vons, but I haven't checked), I made a statement that on any given day you could pay 100% more for the same ounce of soda depending on sales and container. But that was just a guess, and I hate guesses. So for science (and for you) I went back to Safeway to check today's price on an ounce of Diet Pepsi, and boy was I wrong...
Today you can spend 483% more for the same ounce of Pepsi! Photo evidence provided. Maximum cost, 14.5 cents per ounce regular price in a poorly named mini-can, and minimum price (3 cents per ounce) in a 2 liter bottle with a loyalty card. And if you don't like those prices, Safeway offers a whole RANGE of prices scattered through the middle! Something for everyone!
And if you DO like those prices, don't get used to them, because they'll certainly be different in a week, and they might be different tomorrow. You don't KNOW! Like I said, shell-game.
(To be fair, I didn't check individual containers for sale in cold cases at the register, and I didn't take the time to price Coke, since Pepsi is what I usually buy, so there are other prices for sugar water and sugar-free sugar water we could be talking about as well.)
#safeway #groceries #groceryprices #foodpriceinflation #albertsons #vons #pepsi #softdrinks

I've long been infuriated by the endless and malicious pricing shell game that my local Safeway (Albertsons, Vons and other chains are also part of the same company, and I assume pull the same B.S.). It seems to be a very conscious effort to keep consumers in the dark as to what "regular" prices on products are, and the real value (if any) of a sale price on any given item.
For example, just walk into the soda aisle and try to figure out what the going price for an ounce of Coke or Pepsi is. There are countless buying options (larger and smaller cans, often four or five kinds of plastic bottles, six packs and eight packs, "regular" or "real" sales that apply to everyone, loyalty card prices, digital coupon, multiple purchase requirement sales, limited purchase sales, and more. It's easily possible on any give day to pay at least 100% more per ounce on the same ounce of beverage, depending on what version you get and what hoops you leap through and how much of your privacy and information you're willing to sacrifice.
Multiply this by thousands of items changing day by day, and it's an unending dance of scammery. When my grocery bill routinely drops 20-30% when I use a loyalty card, this just tells me that Safeway's "regular" prices are likely overcharging by a large percentage, if not all, of that discount.
But the pictured price tag just really cheesed me off. My wife and I live alone, so we don't need vast quantities of most items. But many Safeway sales require mass purchases, often on perishable items (and many produce items are no longer even AVAILABLE in small quantities). Often that's applied to salad, which I often eat a lot of, but not TEN BAGS AT A TIME or whatever. Four is a stretch to eat before some of it goes bad, canceling out some or all of the savings, and just pointlessly wasting food.
So I checked to see if I really needed to buy three bags this time. But it turns out, no. Look closely, See the math problem? Yeah. Buy one, get the sale price. But buy the STRONGLY suggested three, and Safeway charges you an extra penny for their trouble!
Yeah, it's ONLY a penny, but there are principles here, and again, if they do this over hundreds of thousands of sales, over hundreds or thousands of products, over months and years, it ads up. Plus, they've duped you into possibly buying more than you need AND goosed their bottom-line a little in the process.
It should be illegal. The whole SYSTEM should be illegal. And, IMHO, whoever came up with it should have their testicles or other tender parts nailed to a shopping cart out in the parking lot for everyone's enjoyment. Are we together on this?

#safeway #groceries #grocerieprices #albertsons #vons #foodprices #foodpriceinflation #latestagecapitalism

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Customer letter to the Albertson’s family of grocers. 🚨

https://bix.blog/posts/2025-04-26-dear-valued-corporate-family-of-grocers/

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#Blogging #BixDotBlog #Tariffs #Albertsons

Hoping #Albertsons stands firm. #Greedflation got a free pass during the pandemic. Price gouging under the cover of hidden/non-existent supply chain "tariffs" led to record profits by many suppliers and poorer customers.

Hoping they stand firm. #Greedflation got a free pass during the pandemic. Price gouging under the cover of hidden/non-existent supply chain "tariffs" led to record profits by many suppliers and poorer customers. #Albertsons

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jfex7pbe5p7nejruly6rnnhn/post/3lnpyyprjms26

In order to save money on soda, I'm now buying it at 7-Eleven, because it's cheaper than Safeway right now.

The world makes no sense to me anymore.

#Safeway #Albertsons #7Eleven #Pepsi #MountainDew

I did most of my shopping this week at Lucky's as Safeway has been a frustrating experience as of late...

but i still needed to pick up a few items at Safeway anyway, such as milk

There was no 2% milk 😐

I've seen this same situation with other items in recent weeks at Safeway.

I talked to the checker about it, and he said they didn't receive their shipment. He also alluded to not having enough workers scheduled.

Something is VERY wrong at Safeway.

#Safeway #Albertsons #Luckys #Grocery

I went to Lucky's to check out their pricing. There's this odd phenomenon where they sometimes come close to matching Safeway's pricing.

Collusion?

A 20 fl oz Mountain Dew is $3.29 there, but if you buy 2, you get them for $2.25 each, which is probably close to the REAL pricing for the product.

At least their 2 litter is more expensive at $3.99 (which seems high!), but is $2.50 if you buy 2.

What's with the multiple/combo buys?!

It amazes me 7-Eleven is STILL cheaper if you simply buy a single bottle.

By the way, the Lucky's checker reminded me that you need to use the mobile app to achieve additional savings. Shades of Safeway.

Basically you have to jump through hoops for savings.

I'm going to need to perform a Target run to see what they're charging. I'm beginning to wonder if I need to shop there more often.

I'm also wondering if prices are creeping up in groceries in general.

#Luckys #Safeway #Albertsons #7Eleven #PriceGouging #MountainDew #Pepsi

I noticed something when I was at the store yesterday to pick up one item. I thought about picking up a 20 fl oz Mountain Dew as well, which Safeway is selling for $3.49. What?!

If you buy a 2 liter bottle, a larger size of Mountain Drew at Safeway, it's $3.29, or .20 cheaper. How is that possible?

If you buy a 20 fl oz Mountain Dew at 7-Eleven, typically the most expensive way to buy anything, it's $2.69

Safeway is price gouging.

You could shop at 7-Eleven and save money 🤔

I've said this before, don't buy beverages of any kind at Safeway.

#Safeway #MountainDew #Albertsons #Price #PriceGouging #Pepsi

Shame on you Safeway for deceptive sale prices!

Figi water at Safeway right now shows it's $6.99... but if you read the exceptionally tiny print below the price tag, it says you also have to buy a certain brand of pistachio nuts to get the deal. Otherwise you're likely getting charged $9.49.

Now Safeway normally runs a "deal" on Figi water every other month or so for $6.99, otherwise you pay $9.49 (although it has gone higher at $9.99)

The true price of the product is around $7

Lucky's sells Figi water normally for $6.99 and Target $7.99, although both have had sales discounting it further.

It's never truly on sale at Safeway. It's just overpriced and they make you jump through hoops sometimes to make you feel like you achieved a deal, when they're simply giving you the actual price.

This multi-combination buy is just shameful.

They do the same with Pepsi and Coke products.

This is why I avoid buying beverages at Safeway.

#Safeway #Deceptive #Sale #Fiji #Pepsi #Coke #Albertsons

February 2025 Skirmish https://www.labornotes.org/2025/02/first-skirmish-ten-thousand-grocery-workers-strike-kroger

Essential Workers For Democracy
https://www.ew4d.org/blog/solidarity-pledge

UFCW Local 7 vs KS
https://www.ufcw7.org/l7press/king-soopers-files-frivolous-lawsuit-in-attempt-to-silence-workers-voices-during-strike

Colorado
https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-albertsons-colorado-attorney-general-merger/735393/

#frombelow #groceryworkers #labormovement #organize #rankandfile #solidarity #Unions #strikes #Teamsters
#UFCW vs #Kroger #Albertsons #KingSoopers

https://jacobin.com/2025/02/kroger-king-soopers-strike-ufcw

(Note: At 1.2 million members, the #UFCW is the largest private sector union in the country.)

https://www.ew4d.org/

#labormovement #organize #groceryworkers #solidarity #Strike #unions #Kroger #KingSoopers #Albertsons #Colorado #ew4d

After #negotiations have stalled for weeks, #strike appears imminent for frustrated union workers at #KingSoopers #grocerystore chain in #Colorado. Mgmt has accused Kim Cordova, president of the United Food and Commercial #Workers Local 7, of bargaining in bad faith 

The #UFCW is still in contract negotiations with #Albertsons, which owns #Safeway.

https://enews.denverpost.com/q/JwsAzQC3e-OTsn0XOIuZtciAPmPN-LWpCVz2ZcOJbGlsbWlrZXNmK2RlbnZlcnBvc3RAZ21haWwuY29tw4gynN1IzQafpGLVfDm0wOoFslxdw

Here in NJ, the Acme supermarket app is warning of possible egg shortages
#NJ #Acme #Albertsons #H5N1 #BirdFlu

SIL asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted to do while in town, and the first thing that came to mind was to get drunk at the grocery store, so here we are. #Albertsons #Eagle #Fairview #Meridian

#ICYMI: Govt agency #FTC alleges #Albertsons #CEO Vivek Sankaran and other execs deleted texts about aborted #Kroger grocery #Merger deal in 'willful destruction of evidence' . Four of eight Albertsons employees expected to be called at trial starting next week appear to have wiped messages from their phones.

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/08/22/albertsons-ftc-messages-sankaran-2/ #LegalAffairs #Govt

#ICYMI: Govt agency #FTC alleges #Albertsons #CEO Vivek Sankaran and other execs deleted texts about aborted #Kroger grocery #Merger deal in 'willful destruction of evidence'

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/08/22/albertsons-ftc-messages-sankaran-2/ #LegalAffairs #Govt

Finally some good news in these bleak times. How long it will last is uncertain, but Kroger and Albertsons merger was denied.

And to put icing on the cake, Albertsons is suing Kroger over this. Chefs kiss.

#albertsonskrogermerger
#albertsons
#kroger
#statuscoupnews
#statuscoup
#ronplacone
#goodnewsstories
#groceryprice

You Just Dodged MAJOR Price Hike!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=c-0F7ZqPxUU&si=9AhH9crWsPegs72h

Since this merger was going to mean that pretty much every major chain grocery store within about 40 miles of my little town would have become Kroger, I'm thrilled to see it falling apart. At least now I still have some choice in WHICH devil I decide to deal with. There are small chain and indie choices, but they all have limitations. I do shop there, but to fit my restricted diet, compromises are made.

#kroger #albertsons #groceries #merger
https://apnews.com/article/kroger-albertsons-79e366723d7287b2df71d96730fba76e