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Seattle Grocery Workers Reject Contract Proposal, Lobby Community
SEATTLE - The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1105, which represents 17,000 grocery workers in the Seattle area, has rejected the latest proposal of Albertsons, Safeway, and Kroger, which owns QFC and Fred Meyer, and is lobbying the community to back the employees, according to the Seattle Times. -
Carl Buddig Is Supervalu's 2004 'Supplier of the Year'
HOMEWOOD, Ill. - Carl Buddig & Co., based here, one of the country's leading suppliers of private label, thin-sliced meats, has been named Supervalu's 2004 "Supplier of the Year." The Minneapolis-based supermarket retailer presents the award annually for outstanding performance.