It would further centralize industrial agriculture supply chains from GMO-fed, concentrated animal feedlot beef, pork, poultry and dairy, as well as chemical-intensive fruit and vegetable monocultures that ensure uniformity of supply and low shrink. The merger would make it unlikely that a 5,000 store chain would double down on localized assortments, seasonality and sustainability trends, such as regenerative organic agriculture and climate-friendly plant-based foods. Grocery shelves, while seemingly abundant with choices, are already heavily concentrated among just a handful of companies in many packaged foods categories, such as Pepsico, Kraft Heinz, Nestle and Kelloggs, as well as meat and poultry barons such as Tyson, JBS and Smithfield. Meanwhile, for suppliers, especially smaller and emerging brands, doing business with the combined chain would not get easier. Soda categories are typically Coke or Pepsi dominant, occasionally with store brands and some. And a merger will mean large scale layoffs in redundant white collar jobs, such as office-based marketing, procurement, analytics, digital sales and category management roles. Now the combine duo would become the latest private sector unionized employer. But a merger may make it tougher for unions a 2004 grocery strike for better wages in California was squashed once Kroger and Albertsons joined forces against their own employees. A host of unions have negotiated new contracts with the chains for higher wages and better benefits. A recent report revealed up to 75% of grocery employees had faced food insecurity as pay rates failed to keep up with housing, child care and transportation costs. A restless labor force that was traumatized by workplace illness and death from Covid-19 has been reevaluating low pay, erratic schedules and long hours, causing record levels of staff turnover and modest boosts in starting pay rates. … The team chemistry, the team synergy seems to be fantastic.Yet all grocery chains have had to navigate choppy supply chains since 2020, including inventory out of stocks, and higher logistics and shipping costs. “Some things that can maybe add some levity to the situation and also add some confidence and freedom to the team. “We’ve got a couple of little things that we’re going to employ,” he said. With a dinner in Rome and plenty of time together on flights crossing the Atlantic, Johnson is promoting some team bonding exercises. You just got to stay focused on really what’s right in front of you and these guys have done a great job of bonding together and keeping the big picture the main thing.”
We’re going to learn, obviously, from the past and things that have happened. This team is very much focused on where their feet are. “What’s happened in the past is the past. It’s just a great opportunity,” Johnson said. “That’s exactly the way we’re looking at it. Rome presents a chance to break that trend. routed Europe at home in Whistling Straits two years ago, the Americans haven’t won the Ryder Cup on European soil in three decades. But he broke bones in his right leg and ankle in a February 2021 car crash. Woods was a player on eight Ryder Cup teams and a vice captain in 2018. He wishes he could be here, but it’s just not in the cards for him physically.
(We’re) going to utilize his wisdom and he’s passionate about (the Ryder Cup). He is very much in the know as to what we’re trying to do. “He is, for lack of a better term, on call with us. “Tiger is very much a part of Team USA and has been for years,” Johnson said. There’ll be another unofficial vice captain back home: Tiger Woods. Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples and Stewart Cink are Johnson’s five vice captains. So the guys are excited about the competition,” Johnson added. It’s a great test and it’s a really, really good match-play golf course.
The putting greens were very good, very true, very nice. That was the other nugget that we talked about a lot. “The common sentiments that I heard on the golf course was they really liked it, which is awesome, and I knew they would because Marco Simone is very, very good,” said Johnson, who saw the course for the first time last year.
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