Tag: Kroger

“We aren’t asking you to create the solution.  The solution already exists…”

Kroger executives, shareholders faced with massive labor violations in supply chain...As Kroger shareholders poured into their annual meeting in Cincinnati last Thursday, they were greeted by some rather disturbing news from the company's supply chain: A Kroger tomato supplier in Florida by the name of Tomato Thyme -- operating, in theory, under the ever-watchful eye of Kroger's internal supply chain monitoring process -- >> Read More

Tipping Point, Vol. 7: Texas school teachers confront Kroger!

 Letter delivery by local school teachers dismissed by Kroger managers...So far in this past week's "Tipping Point" series, we've heard from consumers speaking out against the final fast food hold-out, Wendy's, and the stubborn Florida grocer, Publix.  But what about the second largest food retailer in the country after Walmart, Ohio-based Kroger?  After Ahold USA became the first major U.S. grocer to join >> Read More
Tipping Point, Vol. 4:  Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster lifts up Ahold USA agreement as “victory” for farmworkers, consumers!

Tipping Point, Vol. 4: Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster lifts up Ahold USA agreement as “victory” for farmworkers, consumers!

 "...When the wisdom and expertise of workers is honored at the head of the table, and consumers use public pressure to urge the institutions they patron to heed that expertise, it can result in justice..."Last week, we launched the weeklong "Tipping Point" series, sharing a daily sample of letters, emails, and articles from consumer allies who are celebrating two extraordinary advances of the Fair Food >> Read More
Tipping Point: Ahold signing, CBS Sunday Morning story pull rug out from under Publix, Kroger, Wendy’s in their fight to turn back Fair Food!

Tipping Point: Ahold signing, CBS Sunday Morning story pull rug out from under Publix, Kroger, Wendy’s in their fight to turn back Fair Food!

 [caption id="attachment_21073" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Consumers stand alongside farmworkers outside of one of Florida's first Publix stores in Lakeland, Florida (2013).   In the wake of the Ahold signing and the recent CBS Sunday Morning story on the Fair Food Program, the arc is bending ever more forcefully, and companies like Publix, Kroger, and Wendy's are hearing it from their customers.[/caption] Amidst >> Read More
Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

[hupso title=".@Kroger executives reject @FairFoodProgram (again) at Annual Shareholder Meeting" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/kroger-shareholder/"]Kroger CEO: “We expect all our suppliers... to follow our strict code of conduct...”Farmworkers and their consumer allies have attended countless shareholder meetings over the years, from the very first shareholder actions back in the Taco Bell Boycott days, to the Wendy's annual meeting earlier this month in Dublin, Ohio.  But no >> Read More

CIW, Fair Food allies to rally outside Kroger annual shareholder meeting Thursday in Cincinnati!

[hupso title="CIW, allies rally outside @Kroger shareholder meeting; FFP education team pays respects in #Charleston" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/kroger-shareholder-charleston/"] [caption id="attachment_19779" align="aligncenter" width="560"] CIW members and their Ohio-based allies march through downtown Cincinnati after representatives were shut out of last year's Kroger shareholder meeting.[/caption] Rally to call on country's second largest food retailer to join the country's most respected social responsibility program for the protection >> Read More

Mailbag! A letter from the Fair Food Nation to Immokalee…

[hupso title="Inspired by @FoodChainsFilm, DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/mailbag-middle-school/"] Inspired by "Food Chains," DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice! "Fair" is one of the first words we learn when we need to distinguish right from wrong in the world.  "That's not fair!" is a universal childhood lament that echoes across playgrounds, streets, and backyards around the country and across generations.  Indeed, children come >> Read More

Wendy’s blocked by Beautiful Bodies; Moyers features Fair Food Program in fight against poverty!

[hupso title=".@Wendys blocked by @BeautifulBodiez; @BillMoyersHQ features @FairFoodProgram!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/01/beautiful-bodies-moyers/"] [caption id="attachment_21107" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Alicia Solombrino, lead singer of the fast-rising alternative rock band Beautiful Bodies, joins the crowd during a December performance in Kansas City, Missouri. Ms. Sombrino turned down an offer from Wendy's to participate in an ad due to the fast-food company's refusal to support the Fair Food Program.[/caption] >> Read More

Kroger slams door on human rights at shareholder meeting in Cincinnati!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="FULL REPORT: @Kroger slams the door on #humanrights!" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] CIW delegation turned away despite holding legitimate proxies; 100 stage impromptu march on Kroger headquarters to protest workers' extraordinary exclusion from supermarket giant's annual shareholder meeting...   No one saw that coming. Since the days of the Taco Bell boycott in the early 2000's, members of the CIW and their allies have >> Read More
“We appreciate the issues that you are raising with us today, and we’ve appreciated it each of the previous years that you’ve come.” – Dave Dillon, CEO, Kroger

“We appreciate the issues that you are raising with us today, and we’ve appreciated it each of the previous years that you’ve come.” – Dave Dillon, CEO, Kroger

Another shareholder meeting, another barrage of empty words from a food industry CEO as the Fair Food Nation demands real social responsibility, both inside and out of the Kroger shareholder meeting in Ohio... Even with much of the summer heat focused on Wendy's and Publix, there's certainly more than enough energy in the Fair Food Nation to share some with the other >> Read More