Seattle QFC store closures will affect 109 employees

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The Qualify Food Center closures announced this week will affect 109 employees, according a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Thursday with the state Employment Security Department.

QFC, a Kroger Co. brand, said on Tuesday that it was permanently closing two stores in Seattle, citing the Seattle hazard pay mandate that went into effect Feb. 3.

"We had no intentions of closing these two stores before the City Council's bill went into effect," said QFC spokesperson Tiffany Sanders on Friday. "They've tied our hands. We either have to go further and further into debt or close the stores, and it's just tragic."

Sanders, who said the Seattle stores are the most expensive to operate, noted that QFC has spent about $600,000 between the two stores on remodels in the last few years. She said the company intended to continue that work until the hazard pay bill, which raises hourly pay for front-line grocery workers by $4, passed the council in late January.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/02/19/qfc-store-closures-employees.html

Oh spare me.

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1. Typical Kroger-style response to losing a challenge to its position.

I remember when the Kroger employees in the Pittsburgh, PA region voted to unionize, Kroger management simply closed all their retail and wholesale operations in the Pittsburgh area. Thousands lost their jobs. Kroger is run by a cruel, vicious and vindictive cabal.