The widow of a Safeway worker sued the company in Alameda County Court, claiming it told him he did not need gloves or a mask against the Covid-19 pandemic, even though co-workers were contracting the disease, and he died of it, after which Safeway changed its tune.
Read moreTen Pennsylvania shoppers sued Giant Eagle supermarkets in federal court for not allowing them to enter without a face mask, in similar separate complaints.
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As if trips to the grocery store were not nerve-wracking enough, U.S. shoppers lately have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus has disrupted processing plants and distribution networks.
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A kitchen equipment manufacturer ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar verdict to a grocery store butcher whose arm was amputated by a meat saw asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday for a new trial on the butcher’s negligence lawsuit.
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Sandy Jensen’s customer-service job at a Sam’s Club in Fullerton, California normally involves checking member ID cards at the door and answering questions. But the coronavirus has turned her into a store sheriff.
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Big-box retailer Costco is limiting consumer purchases of meat in the wake of shutdowns of U.S. processing plants due to the coronavirus.
Read moreAt least 765 coronavirus-related lawsuits have been filed in April in courts covered by Courthouse News, including 49 on Tuesday, one of which was from a grocery employee who claims she was fired for taking FMLA leave for Covid-19 symptoms.
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As companies start planning to reopen, business groups and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are trying to limit liability from lawsuits filed by workers and customers infected by the coronavirus.
Read moreA federal class action claims that Cal-Maine Foods, Whole Foods Market Group, Albertson’s, Trader Joe’s and 21 other supermarket chains have unfairly jacked up egg prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreA former employee sued Trader Joe’s East in Jefferson County Court (Louisville), claiming it fired him for protesting on Facebook that the company would not let workers wear gloves at work during the pandemic without a doctor’s order.
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Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves.
Read moreBusinesses worldwide have gone dark under coronavirus shutdowns, but in Albania, the anchovy trade is booming as demand for the tinned delicacy surges among European households.
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The secret society of toilet paper hoarders has retreated to their dank lavatories leaving rolls a plenty at Texas grocery stores. And business is booming for the Texas chain H-E-B thanks to a pandemic plan 15 years in the making.
Read moreThe government of Panama on Monday announced strict quarantine measures that separate citizens by gender in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was reported in China in December has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Sunday called on Americans to cease hoarding groceries and other supplies, while one of the nation’s most senior public health officials called on the nation to act with more urgency to safeguard their health as the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown.
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The D.C. Circuit rejected a bid by Whole Foods on Tuesday to winnow a potential $200 million class action over employee bonuses.
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The San Diego City Attorney announced Tuesday that a state court judge has found grocery delivery company Instacart likely violates state employment laws by misclassifying its grocery shoppers as independent contractors, eschewing paying its employees benefits.
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Britain’s biggest retailer, supermarket group Tesco, said Tuesday it was cutting more than 1,800 jobs at its in-store bakeries following a drop in demand for its bread loaves.
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