Employees of Shoppers grocery stores in Maryland and Virginia will take to the streets — or, at least, the parking lots — with more than a dozen demonstrations at Greater Washington stores next week as the future of those stores hangs in the balance.
Shoppers’ parent company, United Natural Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: UNFI) of Providence, Rhode Island, has been actively trying to sell the stores as it focuses on the wholesale food business. Some of the stores have been converted to Giant Food locations,…
