Supervalu Inc.'s New England grocery chain, Shaw's, is laying off an estimated 700 employees, or 4 percent of its workforce, the latest round of job cuts for the embattled Eden Prairie-based parent company.
Shaw's on Nov. 2nd announced the cuts, which are spread across its 169 stores in five New England states. The layoffs will affect a mix of full-time and part-time employees, though Shaw's declined to be more specific.
Shaw's employs 17,000 and is one of the biggest grocery chains in the Boston market. It's also one of the largest of Supervalu's 11 chains, though one that has particularly struggled in recent years.
"Any time this type of news comes, it's no good. But on the whole we're not surprised given the condition of [Supervalu], the competition in this area and the economic times we are living in," said Peter Derouen, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 791.
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