SoCal Supermarket Landscape Could Be Poised For Shakeup If Strike Hits

The saber-rattling officially began this month in labor talks between 62,000 union food workers and major supermarket chains.

The posturing may foreshadow a replay of a strike in the Southern California grocery industry from the mid-2000s, when a 141-day lockout of union workers ended up costing the stores more than $1.5 billion in profit.

Already, blow-by-blow emails are flying over the Internet, "strike captains" have been selected by union locals, and a schedule has been set for distributing union handbills at grocery stores through the end of June.

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