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LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Southern California grocery workers and community supporters held a rally Thursday at a Ralphs grocery in Lakewood to oppose the planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.

Publix is heading into Kroger country with an expansion to Kentucky this year, but industry experts say they don’t see the Florida grocery giant expanding far beyond the Southeast anytime soon.

A woman has taken to social media to praise a supermarket worker at Kroger for his speedy service, as he races her 20-odd food items through the check out in just 21 seconds

Farmworkers are leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest

Kroger is about to add another layer of automation to its customers’ online grocery orders filled by robots at its new $55 million fulfillment center in southern Dallas.

Also if you live in Dallas.

Retailers have dropped a flurry of financial reports. They paint a messy and conflicting picture about our consumer economy.

A tight labor market has bosses doing something they don’t like to do: spend more on wages and benefits.

Under a tent leaking from pouring rain and with temperatures in the 40s, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. met with an excited group of race fans in the parking lot of a Ralph’s supermarket in Fontana, Calif., on Friday afternoon.

A tight labor market has bosses doing something they don't generally do: Asking workers who left to please return.