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Giant Food Corps Are Largely to Blame for Higher Grocery Prices: The largest grocery retailers—which include Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon, which owns Whole ...
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Giant Food Corps Are Largely to Blame for Higher Grocery Prices
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‘You can have him.’ Why John Calipari’s exit from Kentucky is best for both parties.
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Quick Glance: Arkansas Saves Kentucky and John Calipari
  • John Calipari and Kentucky were on the brink of giving it one more shot. Arkansas saved them from themselves - and that's good for everyone.

  • The relationship between the 65-year-old Hall of Fame coach and the elite program was not just dull but also burdensome. When athletic director Mitch Barnhart and Calipari sat for a local television interview last month to assure fans that they were on the same page and committed to getting the Wildcats back on top, it seemed more like a hostage video.

  • Arkansas and its billionaire supporters unexpectedly intervened to recruit the coach nobody else pursued and offer him a compensation beyond what others could provide. Everyone benefits. Perhaps not the Razorbacks - time will tell - but certainly Calipari and Kentucky. He was in desperate need of a fresh start, as were the Wildcats. After failing to reach the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year, the individual who led Kentucky to seven Elite Eights, four Final Fours, and a national title in his initial decade came to a realization.

  • This is not intended to diminish Calipari's past achievements at Kentucky. He revitalized the Cats, contributed to their national title, and kept UK in contention for a championship nearly every year during his remarkable first ten years. He served as a positive influence in the state, demonstrating his philanthropy in times of crisis. This is about recognizing that since 2020, Calipari was tarnishing this legacy. It's about acknowledging that both sides knew the journey had come to an end and it was time to step away. Just when it seemed that Calipari and Kentucky were considering another attempt, Arkansas intervened and rescued them from themselves.
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Va. farmers find new egg market after Tyson Foods shut down Glen Allen plant: When Tyson Foods shut a Virginia plant, farmers had to scramble to find a new ...
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Va. farmers find new egg market after Tyson Foods shut down Glen Allen ...
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CVS pharmacy workers move to unionize: Workers at several locations are looking to join a union that launched in the aftermath of nationwide walkouts last year.
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CVS pharmacy workers move to unionize
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‘A system perverted by corporate money’: inside documentary sequel Food, Inc 2: An eye-opening follow-up to the 2008 breakout hit looks at how the food industry ...
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‘A system perverted by corporate money’: inside documentary sequel Food ...
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Meet the Robots Slicing Your Barbecue Ribs: The meatpacking industry is investing billions of dollars to automate notoriously difficult jobs.
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Meet the Robots Slicing Your Barbecue Ribs
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Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators
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Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to ...
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Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ strike: After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers ...
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Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ ...
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Tyson Foods Expertly Trolls Kentucky Radio Hosts Over John Calipari Leaving With Perfect Gifts
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Tyson Foods Expertly Trolls Kentucky Radio Hosts Over John Calipari ...
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Eaze cannabis delivery drivers threaten strike ahead of 420: California cannabis delivery drivers and workers at Eaze/Stachs say contract negotiations have ...
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Eaze cannabis delivery drivers threaten strike ahead of 420
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Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers: Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday ...
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Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers
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Perry plant closing could shift work to SL: This year and last were projected to be the worst years ever in pork production, one of the main reasons Tyson Foods ...
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Perry plant closing could shift work to SL
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REI Fired A Popular Manager For Not Immediately Reporting Union Chatter: The incident shows how aggressively the liberal-branded retailer is responding to union ...
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REI Fired A Popular Manager For Not Immediately Reporting Union Chatter
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West Liberty Foods cutting 260 jobs at Iowa turkey facility: West Liberty Foods will begin layoffs in April. Last week, Tyson Foods said it would cut nearly 1 ...
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West Liberty Foods cutting 260 jobs at Iowa turkey facility
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Conservative investor drops Tyson Foods over immigration flap: Misinformation about Tyson's hiring practices has circulated online since Bloomberg first reported ...
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Conservative investor drops Tyson Foods over immigration flap
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TYSON SETTLES 3 COVID LAWSUITS: The estates of three deceased Tyson Foods workers dismissed their lawsuits against the companies because they settled three weeks ...
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TYSON SETTLES 3 COVID LAWSUITS
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Macy's to close 150 stores through 2026; future of WA locations uncertain: While the Macy’s footprint has contracted in Washington, it continues to operate in 15 ...
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Macy's to close 150 stores through 2026; future of WA locations uncertain
Quick Glance: Macy's CEO Revolutionizing Shopping Experience
  • Macy's new CEO, Tony Spring, is drawing on his hospitality training to turn around the department-store chain.

  • Spring uses food metaphors to emphasize the impact of small details.

  • He is fighting off investors pushing to control the 166-year-old retailing empire.
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Wonderful Co. accuses UFW of fraudulent tactics in unionizing workers: The outcome of the fight between Wonderful Co.'s wealthy owners and California's storied ...
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Wonderful Co. accuses UFW of fraudulent tactics in unionizing workers
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What would a Kroger-Albertsons merger mean for grocery shoppers? Here's what the U.S. government thinks
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What would a Kroger-Albertsons merger mean for grocery shoppers? ...
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UFCW Local 555 endorses merger between Kroger and Albertsons: The labor union believes a merger between the supermarket giants with the divested stores going to ...
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UFCW Local 555 endorses merger between Kroger and Albertsons
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Migrant workers ask Iowa lawmakers to reject slate of immigration bills: Immigrants and refugee workers urged Iowa lawmakers Monday to stop advancing a slate of ...
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Migrant workers ask Iowa lawmakers to reject slate of immigration bills
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Insect-Based Foods Shift from Future Human Cuisine to Pet Products: Sean Warner and Patrick Pittaluga initially made a burger with black beans and black soldier ...
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Insect-Based Foods Shift from Future Human Cuisine to Pet Products
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Follow the misinformation trail about Tyson Foods’ hiring: Fox News host Jesse Watters conjured a false narrative about the nation’s largest meatpacker ...
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Follow the misinformation trail about Tyson Foods’ hiring
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Kroger, Albertsons keep up drumbeat for merger as opponents push back: Nearly 16 months after announcing a $24.6 billion merger, grocery chains Kroger and ...
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Kroger, Albertsons keep up drumbeat for merger as opponents push back
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US unions target the housing affordability crisis as their ‘biggest issue’: Organized labor across the country is now setting its sights on housing costs as ...
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US unions target the housing affordability crisis as their ‘biggest issue’
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Tyson Foods gets new logo: Tyson Foods quietly started using a new corporate logo last Thursday.
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Tyson Foods gets new logo
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Nevada Patagonia Store Becomes First to Unionize: Workers at a Patagonia store in Reno, Nev. have voted to unionize their store, becoming the first U.S ...
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Nevada Patagonia Store Becomes First to Unionize
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Food 4 Less grocery workers rally ahead of contract expiration: UFCW Local 770 President Kathy Finn said employees are frustrated by the wage disparities between ...
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Food 4 Less grocery workers rally ahead of contract expiration
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Iconic retail food supplier closes two more manufacturing plants: Manufacturer of canned fruit and vegetable products is closing plants in a downsizing of its ...
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Iconic retail food supplier closes two more manufacturing plants
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Union urges Kroger's Houston workers to approve new contract: Houston-area Kroger employees this week are voting on a tentative contract agreement that the union ...
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Union urges Kroger's Houston workers to approve new contract
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Kroger-Albertsons merger should be nixed over collusion, says a Colorado lawsuit: The state’s attorney general is claiming the grocery giants struck a ‘nefarious ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger should be nixed over collusion, says a Colorado ...
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Colorado attorney general sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said Wednesday that he is filing a lawsuit seeking to ...
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Colorado attorney general sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
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PCC workers ratify new contract as co-op looks to get back on track: PCC's union workers ratified a two-year deal Tuesday that will mean sizable wage hikes for ...
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PCC workers ratify new contract as co-op looks to get back on track
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Tyson reports earnings beat, but high beef prices stress its consumers: Tyson Foods (TSN.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday and said ...
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Tyson reports earnings beat, but high beef prices stress its consumers
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Trader Joe’s Illegally Closed New York Store To Stop Union Organizing, Feds Say: Workers had told HuffPost they believed the closure was meant to chill their ...
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Trader Joe’s Illegally Closed New York Store To Stop Union Organizing ...
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PCC reaches a tentative agreement with union workers, may avert strike: PCC announced a tentative labor deal with its 1,600 unionized workers. The deal ...
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PCC reaches a tentative agreement with union workers, may avert strike
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Employees speak out against proposed Kroger/Albertsons merger: Kroger and Albertsons plan to appease federal regulators by selling off more than 400 stores to ...
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Employees speak out against proposed Kroger/Albertsons merger
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Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer pursues union endorsements in bid for reelection
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Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer pursues union endorsements in bid ...
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Kroger merger delayed as Washington AG sues, Albertsons execs called deal 'a monopoly'
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Kroger merger delayed as Washington AG sues, Albertsons execs called deal ...
Quick Glance: Washington State Takes Legal Action Against Kroger and Albertsons Merger
  • Washington's Attorney General filed a lawsuit to halt the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons.

  • Kroger and Albertsons dominate over half of the state's grocery sales.

  • The lawsuit received support from United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 3000.

  • Kroger and Albertsons reached an agreement to merge in 2022.
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WA unions wary of proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger: Paul Smith, a courtesy clerk at the QFC at Westwood Village in Seattle, showed off the equipment he dons on ...
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WA unions wary of proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger
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Indigo workers at unionized stores facing increased battles with retailer, union says
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Indigo workers at unionized stores facing increased battles with retailer ...