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Exhibit 99.2
OTHER
INFORMATION
New Collective Bargaining
Agreements
Stater Bros. Markets
(“Markets”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stater Bros.
Holdings Inc. (“Stater Bros.”), has entered into a new
collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial
Workers Union (the “UFCW”), which represents a
substantial number of its stores’ hourly union employees. The
new collective bargaining agreement became effective in March 2007
and is scheduled to expire in March 2010. The UFCW members voted to
accept the new collective bargaining agreement on January 17,
2007. The new collective bargaining agreement establishes a
single-tier pay scale for Markets’ employees based on each
employee’s seniority and provides for gradual increases in
hourly wages over a three-year period. These scheduled increases
range from a $0.20 increase in hourly wages for clerks to a $3.00
increase in hourly wages for pharmacists. The new collective
bargaining agreement also provides for increased contributions by
Markets toward employee health and pension benefits but, at
Markets’ option, it will reduce these contributions to match
any contract terms relating to benefits negotiated between the UFCW
and each of Stater Bros.’ three major competitors, Vons
Companies Inc., Albertsons Inc., and Ralphs Grocery Co., which have
not yet completed negotiating new collective bargaining agreements
with the UFCW. The financial terms of the collective bargaining
agreements with respect to matters other than benefits negotiated
with each chain may be significantly different from each other and
could create either a financial advantage or disadvantage for
Stater Bros. as compared to its major
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