Kroger Grocery Chain Accused of Overcharging AZ Customers

Kroger grocery chain accused of overcharging AZ customers

(The Center Square) — U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, wants answers from Kroger after an investigation found the grocery chain was allegedly overcharging customers.

Pay Equity at Kroger

In June 2023, the annual meeting of Kroger shareholders heard a motion requesting the company to annually report pay gaps across race and gender among its 430,000 workers. Introduced by Sam Dancy, an African American worker at the company and thirty-year member of the Seattle-based United Food and Commercial Workers’ Local 3000, the motion resulted in the unusual interruption of the meeting by Kroger’s then-CEO Rodney McMullen, who personally ap…