<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Columbus, OH</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.8.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/kroger-ucfw-april-5-2013-cropped.jpg" alt="IMAGES - MONDAY APRIL 8 2013" /> Kroger associates at Toledo, Ohio-area stores have reached a labor agreement with UFCW Local 75.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"We are pleased to reach an agreement that is good for our associates. It provides a solid compensation package of wages and benefits, including affordable health care," said Bruce Macaulay, president of Kroger's Columbus Division. "This agreement is the outcome of thoughtful, respectful and productive work by both the company and union bargaining committees. I want to thank our associates for supporting this agreement, as well as for the excellent service they provide every day to our customers and company."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The one-year contract encompasses more than 3,000 associates working in 26 stores in the area.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Kroger, one of the world's largest retailers, employs 343,000 associates who serve customers in 2,424 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.kroger.com/Pages/default.aspx"target="_new">Kroger</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
