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SN Top 10: Stop & Shop, Walmart and union news from UFCW top the week’s headlines
December 8, 2020
![A Kroger deli cashier, a Stop & Shop storefront, a Walmart worker cleaning, and the produce section at a Price Rite A Kroger deli cashier, a Stop & Shop storefront, a Walmart worker cleaning, and the produce section at a Price Rite](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt58a1f8f560a1ab0e/blt61b4d59b97f77433/668401e8aca9b23679e83383/Supermarket-News-Top-10_0.gif?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=95&format=jpg&disable=upscale)
In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, UFCW unions ratifying Kroger, Albertsons and Stop & Shop pension fund withdrawal ranked as the week’s top story. Among other stories in this week’s gallery:
Stop & Shop said it would hire 5,000 new workers across the Northeast;
Walmart said it would pay $388 million in special cash bonuses to frontline workers; and
A Save A Lot operator joined Wakefern under the Price Rite banner.
In other news, Kroger is planning its tenth Ocado automated warehouse, Hy-Vee is seeking 1,000 more pharmacy techs as COVID-19 vaccines draw near, and Neela Montgomery is taking the reins as the new CVS Pharmacy president.
Other top stories:
Walmart sweetened the pot for online shoppers as shipping minimums dropped for Walmart members;
Uber completed its purchase of Postmates; and
Supermarket News looked back at 12 exciting new grocery concepts and redesigns that debuted in 2020.