Fry’s supermarket cuts 200 greeter positions

Fry’s supermarket cuts 200 greeter positions (Alberta Times) The state’s largest supermarket chain, Fry’s…

Fry’s supermarket cuts 200 greeter positions (Alberta Times) Fry’s Food Stores, the state’s largest supermarket chain, announced last week that it would be cutting 200 greeting positions. According to Fry’s public relations director Lynn Zhoulin, the decision was made a year ago and was not announced until now. Mainly to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Fry’s (chain) food stores was established in California in 1954 by Donald Fry. It expanded to Arizona in the 1960s and later established chain stores in 31 states across the United States. From 1972 to the 1980s, it became part of Kroger through a series of mergers and acquisitions. In 1998, it acquired and merged Arizona Smith’s Food & Drug Centers, the largest supermarket chain in the state at the time, and became the leading supermarket in the state. Most of the greeting positions that Fry’s laid off this time are held by elderly people, and the employees work 4 to 16 hours a week. Zhou Lin said that these employees who have lost their jobs will be given severance pay or other positions will be arranged.