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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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To: cba123

I know it is easy to blame Dominion and surrender to the it will never be a fair election again...and so on...but that is not the American Spirit. I believe Ronald Reagan said, comfort then, it would be a very American thing to do...

That being said, and putting the defeatist mentality aside,
Who is our bench in 2024?

My thoughts:
—DeSantis
—Noem
I am sure there are a thousand people out there not on the radar. I think Noem punches the gender identity ticket and is a reliable republican.

Odds on race: Noem/Desantis vs Harris/pick your favorite commie


41 posted on 02/01/2021 5:42:40 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: gas_dr

Wrong thread
Never post after 36 hour of call...


42 posted on 02/01/2021 5:43:46 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: Thank You Rush

> What happens when they’re closed?

The Mayor goes on NPR and cries about a “food desert”.


43 posted on 02/01/2021 5:52:35 PM PST by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: Pontiac
where does a city government get the power to dictate what a business pays its employees?

Or ANY government for that matter.

44 posted on 02/01/2021 6:00:36 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Trump won the "popular vote". Biden won the digital vote.)
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To: butlerweave
If it’s the City’s idea why don’t they stop taking their taxes ,LOL

Too true. The employees can thank the stupidity and grandstanding of the politicians in Long Beach for losing their jobs.

45 posted on 02/01/2021 6:17:22 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

If the stores comply it sets a very bad precedent. All the other workers in other company stores will want the pay and that may lead to lawsuits and other labor problems. It also means the municipality can arbitrarily promise raises for votes and a host of other problems for every business in the area. And, it it works in one municipality, it will spread like wildfire. My first job was at a grocery store. The manager told me it was a low margin business and the competition was cutthroat. Believe me, whatever their current wage was, it was competitive for the market or no one would be working there.

Absolutely the best thing to do is leave the area. This is what Lowe’s and Home Depot have done when special taxes were added that only effected them. For some customers those taxes meant an extra $20-30,000. So Lowe’s and Home Depot relocated just outside the tax district. This is what Walmart did when (I think it was Chicago) passed legislation that only effected them.


46 posted on 02/01/2021 6:27:04 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Mark
Ralphs is ridiculously high in prices, Food for Less is opposite with the same corporate owner (Kroger). Interesting development. Maybe a lot more to come in KALIFORNIA. 11 months from now $15 min. wage kicks in.
47 posted on 02/01/2021 6:33:59 PM PST by DAC21
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To: moehoward

>There’s a Walmart Supercenter, a Sprouts and a Costco all within a few blocks.

I’m sure that this is comfort to those fired employees.


48 posted on 02/01/2021 6:36:29 PM PST by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: Mark

How many golden eggs are you going to get out of those two geese now, Long Beach???


49 posted on 02/01/2021 6:40:25 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: gas_dr

Haha.


50 posted on 02/01/2021 6:40:47 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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To: Mark

One Ralph’s market to close.

Where the heck is the Big Lebowski supposed to go shopping in his bathrobe? His Ralph’s card is his only form of identification.


51 posted on 02/01/2021 6:42:20 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Stupid, braindead liberal.

I'm afraid you'll have to narrow it down more than that. Millions fit that description.

52 posted on 02/01/2021 6:43:43 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Gen.Blather
My first job was at a grocery store. The manager told me it was a low margin business

I heard that, too. They hope people buy made up carryout items to reheat like stew, meat loaf with potatoes and various casseroles and baked goods that produce a higher profit than most of the store aisle items.

53 posted on 02/01/2021 6:51:50 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Captain Compassion

“I’m sure that this is comfort to those fired employees.”

Only if they want to buy food. Fortunately they’ll be able to since Joe and the Ho are set to increase and extend unemployment til Sep.


54 posted on 02/01/2021 6:52:45 PM PST by moehoward (.)
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To: moehoward

Moe, the Costco is in Signal Hill, two miles away. Walmart is up in Bixby Knolls on Atlantic, three Miles away. There is a Von’s though located on PCH which is 500 yards away.


55 posted on 02/01/2021 7:11:39 PM PST by Michael.SF. (I believe you Tony B.)
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To: Pontiac
I have to question; where does a city government get the power to dictate what a business pays its employees?

I'm sure you meant to ask what legitimate power they have. The answer to that is none, but if you don't do as they demand they have plenty of fine men in blue to enforce the city's edict. A few of them may complain about it privately, but they will bloody well do it.

56 posted on 02/01/2021 7:15:57 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
Wonder what the basis fo this lawsuit will be ?

If I own a store, think I can close it anytime I want.

57 posted on 02/01/2021 7:26:13 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: max americana
Walmart is probably jumping for joy.

The are the Amazon of the grocery world.

They try and run every other grocer out of business.

58 posted on 02/01/2021 7:28:54 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Michael.SF.

I’m getting....
5 minutes to Stater Foods .8 miles away. Also a Grocery Outlet same time and distance.
6 minutes to Walmart 1.9 miles away.
7 minutes to Sprouts, also 1.9 miles away.
10 minutes to Whole Foods 2.9 miles away
12 minutes to Costco (Lakewood) 4.1 miles away

That’s assuming the address given in the article is accurate.

I don’t see a Vons but it would make a 7th option.

When I lived in Belmont Shore we’d drive to the Vons over by the big traffic circle, 10 minutes, 2.6 miles from door to door.


59 posted on 02/01/2021 7:56:22 PM PST by moehoward (.)
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To: Mark

These financially bereft leftist morons never learn. Job killing is their specialty.


60 posted on 02/01/2021 8:05:05 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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