San Franciscans Clash With U.K. Grocer Over Labor Practices, Job Creation

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4. I'm not sure what's going on in California with the chain,

but the employees I talk to at the Fresh&Easy markets in Las Vegas seem delighted with their jobs. I've asked them about it because they seem so consistently perky (and I'm always slightly distrustful of perky . . .) and helpful. They say they like working there and that the pay and perks are pretty good. Maybe someone is holding a gun to their heads, I don't know.

As far as taking away from mom and pop local stores, the big markets did that a long time ago. The few that exist here are so pricey that no one without disposable income can afford to shop in them. That is a difference from San Francisco, I'm sure.

The Fresh&Easy markets are too few in Las Vegas, imo - they are smaller than the big supermarkets and in the locations where there found, more convenient. Tesco's (the UK owner) seems to have modeled them on the Tesco Express concept rather than their big stores.