![]() ![]() “I don’t come here very often, maybe once or twice a month, but it means a lot to my wife since she’s here all the time,” Rowley explained. I can go to King Kullen or Glen Cove, but I really like this Stop & Shop.”īurt Rowley, of Oyster Bay, said his wife has been keeping track of the temporary closure, and has already planned out which stores they will be buying from during the month. “I’m the only person buying stuff in my house, and need to get food for myself and my three dogs. “I’ll have to go farther away to get my stuff, which is a pain,” Garcia said. ![]() Garcia, from East Norwich, said the Oyster Bay Stop & Shop has been her primary grocery store for years. With so many essential foods continuing to skyrocket in price, and with the price of fuel still high, this will increase the financial burden on some families.Ĭarmen E. Herbert and other residents also mentioned how the closure will force them to travel greater distances to get their groceries. “I mean I get it, equipment gets out of design and gets old and has to be replaced, so they have to bite the bullet. ![]() “I guess they’re redoing their HV/AC system, which as I understand it is quite an expensive operation,” Herbert said. Although he had no idea that the store was planning this closure, he said he understood the necessity for it. “Customers were also informed via notification in the weekly circular.”ĭespite this, several customers appeared shocked and surprised to see the aisles so empty, such as Oyster Bay resident Rex Herbert. “We installed signage throughout the store to inform customers of this temporary closure,” O’Brien said. Stop & Shop has done its best to make sure shoppers were aware of the upcoming closure, O’Brien said, giving people the opportunity to stock up on some goods in advance. They are also adding products to their prepared foods department, which she claims will make meal prep and entertaining easier for customers. Residents can look forward to a new hot foods bar, which will include freshly prepared entrees and sides, such as wings. She also highlighted the fact that although the Oyster Bay chain will be closed for the month, residents of the hamlet can still get what they need from its Glen Cove and Woodbury stores. Maura O’Brien, external communications manager for Stop & Shop, explained in an email that remodeling decisions such as this are made periodically. The interior of the store will be remodeled, which will give it a similar look to other recently redesigned Stop & Shops, such as those in Massapequa and Hicksville. 12 it will boast upgraded heating, venting and cooling systems for the entire store, allowing them to more efficiently keep perishable goods, such as meats and dairy, in stock for longer periods and at a lower net cost. Customers were wandering through the store on Wednesday, looking in vain for the grocery goods they’d bought for years in an effort to stock up before the store closed at 6 p.m. Shelves throughout the store are currently bare in preparation for the temporary closure and Stop & Shop is not restocking its produce. Stop & Shop highlighted the same compensation points in its own statement and added: "Our associates' top priority will be restocking our stores so we can return to taking care of our customers and communities and providing them with the service they deserve.Oyster Bay and East Norwich residents will have to look for a new place to buy their groceries over the coming month, as the local Stop & Shop will be closing its doors from July 14 until Aug. In a joint statement on the day the tentative agreement was reached, the five union chapters said, "The agreement preserves health care and retirement benefits, provides wage increases, and maintains time-and-a-half pay on Sunday for current members." It was the first chapter to authorize a strike, and stores where its members work were the sites of appearances by presidential candidates.īoth the company and UFCW have declined to disclose full terms of the deal. Local 1445 set the tone throughout negotiations with Stop & Shop. The votes appear to be formalities the 31,000 workers who walked off the job April 11 returned to work on Monday. Four other chapters plan to vote by May 1. Local 1445 of the United Food & Commercial Workers union is the first to ratify a deal reached on Easter. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Ī union representing roughly one-third of the Stop & Shop workers who went on strike this month voted Wednesday night to officially accept the contract offer that ended the 11-day work stoppage. Facebook Email Stop & Shop workers strike outside the main entrance of the Somerville location on McGrath Highway. ![]()
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