The UFCW Local 135 union voted Friday to authorize a strike by 12,000 Stater Bros. employees. The vote does not mean a strike is immediate.

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DEAR ABBY: The grocery store a mile from our house has recently gone through a major expansion and upgrade. I have shopped there my entire life. The store has two points of ingress and egress.

A community-owned grocery store in Kansas City received millions in subsidies but has struggled with inventory and customer traffic as other cities weigh publicly owned grocery stores.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Va., K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 158 retail outlets throughout Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.