hawkeye171 said:My Dad and Mom ran a grocery store in a small Iowa town for many years. In fact the town of Bode, Iowa had a Monson's grocery for nearly 100 years before it got to me. Anyway, they made enough to live comfortably, but not enough to be rich and famous. But the old Mom and Pop grocery stores, unfortunately, are quickly becoming a thing of the past.
TTinCO said:It varies greatly, but around here I know that Safeways, Albertsons and City Market\King Soopers workers all either went on strike or came damn close in order to get better pay, and more importantly-health insurance. I haven't checked myself, but I've been told that as the companies were whining about how they can barely make a profit and that the changes would destroy them, the reality was that their profits had been going nowhere but up up up.
Typical scumbag corporate BS. The other trick that they love is limit people to 32 hours a week so they can't be considered full time. Another primo way to screw your employees.
Poker King Jim said:Walmart supercenters are taking over the world. There is a grocery store a few miles from me and it is the only grocery store in a small town - and it has changed owners I would say 5 times in the last 10 years. Nobody goes there because you can drive 10 miles and buy the same stuff for cheaper at wal mart.
BTW I've never seen a cashier making $15/hour. $8/hour around here if you're lucky.
sherman said:yeah I was going to say the same...$15 per hour cashiers? where?