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Desperate Grocery Workers Lose Jobs: Ralph’s Closes Long Beach Stores Instead Of Giving Forced ‘Hero Pay’ & more news for Monday, February 1, 2021
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Posted on 02/01/2021 4:47:42 PM PST by Mark

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Long beach is not huge, so shoppers could find better prices just outside of the city.
1 posted on 02/01/2021 4:47:42 PM PST by Mark
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Grocery stores, like restaurants, operate on narrow margins. Wage hikes will lead to job losses.


2 posted on 02/01/2021 4:50:05 PM PST by lurk ( )
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Liberals never learn. It appears they are incapable of learning. They have their firmly held misguided beliefs and they will die clinging to those beliefs. Taking all foolish enough to hang around with them.


3 posted on 02/01/2021 4:51:44 PM PST by ocrp1982 ( Long before the Wuhan Virus )
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...until those stores get taken over by the local commies! And so on...and so on...


4 posted on 02/01/2021 4:52:19 PM PST by gr8eman (If the CCP took over NYC when DeBlasio was elected would it be in worse or better shape now?)
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If it’s the City’s idea why don’t they stop taking their taxes ,LOL


5 posted on 02/01/2021 4:52:24 PM PST by butlerweave
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Consider the residents who find the location of existing stores easier to get to than anything OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. Not everyone has transportation or has bus transportation - some people can walk to their stores. What happens when they’re closed?


6 posted on 02/01/2021 4:53:27 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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Lots of “teens” in long beach


7 posted on 02/01/2021 4:54:05 PM PST by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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I can easily see gas stations expanding and offering a small line of groceries along with hot deli items. You already have them in the Southeast, the Sheetz gas stations are actually much better than the grocery stores themselves.


8 posted on 02/01/2021 4:55:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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But I’ll bet that Mayor Robert Garcia feels real good about himself!

Stupid, braindead liberal.


9 posted on 02/01/2021 4:55:39 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Are the Dimms all in a race with each other to see who can zot most jobs the fastest? Gropey has the lead so far but the rest of the mental midgets are not done competing, apparently.


10 posted on 02/01/2021 4:55:41 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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It’s absurd how much power is given to American municipalities. The only revenue sources for a Canadian municipality are property tax and fees for certain services. No income tax, no sales tax, no control over wages.


11 posted on 02/01/2021 4:58:21 PM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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My biggest beef, my major complaint is when government mandates what a private business must pay for something (like labor). The ruling elites that make such edicts don’t have to make the payroll. They don’t have to meet a budget. They just pontificate about how the employer is screwing the employee. And then they want to pat each other on the back about how great they are. It is as gutless a move as there can be.


12 posted on 02/01/2021 4:59:09 PM PST by fhayek
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Good for you, Kroger.

Time for the producers to go Galt, en masse.


13 posted on 02/01/2021 4:59:24 PM PST by Walrus (I do not consent)
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I know some people who work for Target in L.A. They “supposedly” got a $500 bonus due to the pandemic (their legal words) but it’s not really $500. In addition, most got their hours cut drastically the next 2 weeks.


14 posted on 02/01/2021 4:59:47 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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I believe that Atlas Shrugged


15 posted on 02/01/2021 5:01:07 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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I’ve been inside many Sheetz and find the grocery store comparison odd.


16 posted on 02/01/2021 5:01:49 PM PST by Rebelbase (COVID misanthrope)
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I bet Von tells them to go to hell.


17 posted on 02/01/2021 5:02:17 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Robert Garcia @RobertGarcia The Kroger corporation is closing two markets in Long Beach because our city is requiring temporary hero’s pay for grocery workers during this pandemic. Grocers are making record profits. We go to court this month and we will defend the workers vigorously.

He's doubling down on stupid.

18 posted on 02/01/2021 5:02:28 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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“The only revenue sources for a Canadian municipality are property tax and fees for certain services.”

I’m from Vancouver BC., one of the most draconian-ruled cities in the North. I find your statement perplexing..


19 posted on 02/01/2021 5:03:11 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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There’s a Walmart Supercenter, a Sprouts and a Costco all within a few blocks. That Ralphs has probably been on life support for a while.


20 posted on 02/01/2021 5:04:07 PM PST by moehoward (.)
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