LAYOFFS: NO LOVE AT ALBERTSONS (02/18/2025)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025 — 400 CORPORATE EMPLOYEES

Albertsons has announced plans to lay off nearly 400 corporate and support employees in a significant workforce reduction effort. This decision will affect 225 employees based in Phoenix, Arizona, and an additional 156 Safeway employees across two separate locations in Pleasanton, California.

JANUARY 13, 2021 COMPANY DRIVERS BEING REPLACED BY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OPERATED BY THIRD-PARTIES

The company has announced that it is altering its distribution model.

The change will see mass layoffs among grocery store delivery drivers currently employed by the company and its branded subsidiaries. Services will be provided by independent contractors working for third-party app-based companies like DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft.

The decision was driven by the benefits of lower-cost delivery, fewer HR liabilities and union issues, and the ability to align resources to revenues without excessive personnel costs.

FEBRUARY 22, 2020 — Original Post

Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Companies has announced that its Safeway subsidiary will lay off 520 employees at its Upper Marlboro, Maryland distribution center in order to further consolidate its logistics operations. Operations associated with supplying stores in the Baltimore and District of Colombia area will be transferred to the company’s distribution center in Denver, Pennsylvania. The distribution center is scheduled to be completely closed in August 2020 and the property be sold.

A company spokesperson noted that supplying the region's 275 Acme and mid-Atlantic Safeway stores from a single distribution center located in Pennsylvania will help fuel the company’s investments and benefit its e-commerce business, its brick-and-mortar stores, and its customers, while creating a more efficient supply chain that will allow the company to reduce waste.”

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT POST ACUTE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MILWAUKEE

Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee has announced that it will be permanently closing their 62-bed facility in Greenfield, Wisconsin. According to a WARN notice filed with the State of Wisconsin, there will be 172 layoffs, which includes 35 administrative positions, 114 clinical services positions, 8 maintenance positions, and 15 dietary positions.

According to the company, the decision was “largely related to dramatic changes designed to substantially limit the type of patients who could be treated in long-term acute hospitals.” The facility is owned and operated by Enola, Pennsylvania-based Post Acute Medical, LLC which operates a network of operates a network of specialty and rehabilitation facilities across eight states.

In long term acute care facilities, patients receive specialized medical care after spending time in an acute care hospital but require continued longer-term care than that usually provided by the hospital. In an effort to reduce the costs of healthcare, critics of LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) facilities claim that they are not a medical necessity and argue that patients can receive equal or better care in SNFs (Skilled Nursing Facilities) or by better utilization of home health care agencies. So, it should come as no surprise that insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and state-paid programs would seek lower-cost solutions.

For those interested in the latest trend of changing the payment models for LTACs which will surely result in more closures and layoffs, you may wish to read Working Paper 24946, Long Term Care Hospitals: A Case Study in Waste, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere ... are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT ALLESON ATHLETIC

Henrietta, New York-based Alleson Athletic, a manufacturer and printer of stock and customized athletic uniforms, will cease manufacturing operations at its Henrietta plant in the near future according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice. Approximately 129 employees will lose their jobs, although some customer service positions will be spared.

The company, acquired by Statesville, North Carolina-based Badger in 2017 is said to be part of a restructuring operation.

Badger Sportswear was roundly criticized for its connections to a Chinese apparel vendor which was alleged to be using slave labor from an internment camp according to an Associated Press investigation. The company has severed it connection with the firm, but lost business in the process.

CCMP Capital Advisors acquired a controlling interest in Badger Apparel in 2016 and appears to be using Badger as a vehicle to dominate school uniform sales.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere ... are you now wondering, Am I Next?