Kroger, Memphis Employees Reach Agreement

MEMPHIS — Kroger Co. has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for 7,500 of its workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1529 here. The agreement covers workers at 72 stores in the Memphis area, as well as in parts of Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky. Kroger, based in Cincinnati, declined to provide further details of the new deal, pending a ratification vote by union members.

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