Tag: Ralphs
L.A.’s Grocery Store Employees Are Fighting to Be Treated as Emergency Workers
Cashiers, stockers, and other grocery workers are on the front lines of the pandemic, but aren't getting the help they need to stay healthy
A SoCal Grocery Workers Strike Has Likely Been Averted
The union reached a tentative deal with supermarket chains
60,000 SoCal Grocery Workers Are Preparing to Strike
A strike like this hasn't happened in L.A. in 15 years
From Aldi to Vons, How Grocery Stores Are Our Connection to L.A.—and Ourselves
In L.A., a beloved grocery store's closing can leave your adrift in a cold, lonely world
Smart & Final Wants to Be the New Whole Foods
L.A.’s oldest grocery store wants a bigger bite of the apple—organic ones, to be exact
A DTLA Timeline
The history of a neighborhood’s renaissance
CityDig: The Birth of Ralphs Bros. Grocers
George A. Ralphs, a master bricklayer who turned to the grocery business after losing his arm in a hunting accident, teamed with S. A. Francis in 1873 to open the Ralphs & Francis store at Fifth and Hill in downtown Los Angeles.