Now that is a very interesting post. I’m not sure I understand it though
Oh, you nailed it by pointing out that Kroger is union, and this is a management decision purposefully dumped on the union. Cincy C-suite Kroger management has pure contempt for the unions, less so the management in the stores.
Can you imagine that the Teamsters have gone from hard-core truckers who endorsed Nixon and Reagan, to flower-designing socialist shemales, in just 50 years.