tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729219606047339151.post1338277862986948170..comments2023-10-28T01:32:51.692-07:00Comments on Natural~Specialty Foods Memo: Food Retailing, Society & Economics Memo: UK E-Commerce Salvage Grocer 'Approved Food' Sees Sales Boom As Shoppers Favor Saving Cash Over Code Dates Natural~Specialty Foods Memohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306249932308020679noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729219606047339151.post-65265837194657982292009-02-19T03:44:00.000-08:002009-02-19T03:44:00.000-08:00An interesting note:http://www.latimes.com/busines...An interesting note:<BR/><BR/>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-grocery19-2009feb19,0,6390264.story<BR/><BR/>Albertsons to close 9 supermarkets<BR/><BR/>Ralphs is demoting more than 150 meat cutters to clerks, slashing their pay by more than a third to $13.47 an hour.<BR/><BR/>Vons has fired 97 workers this year, including 21 last week, and is reclassifying almost 200 full-time workers to part time, a move that could slice their wages as much as 40%.<BR/><BR/>Anon SeattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com