Fry's Lays Off 90 Arizona Workers

Fry’s Food Stores has laid off about 90 grocery workers in response to the recession. Fry’s has a total of about 18,000 employees in Arizona at 120 food stores. Its market share is estimated at 21%, behind Wal Mart at 24% and ahead of Safeway at 18%. The President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union told the Tucson Citizen that none of its members were affected by the cuts. He says it must have been mainly management and salaried workers.

Fry’s is the second Arizona grocery chain to lay off workers this year. Last month Basha’s laid off 350 employees in response to falling profits and increased competition.