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| * Since its founding as a single warehouse in ], C&S has broadened to over 60 facilities in 14 states | * Since its founding as a single warehouse in ], C&S has broadened to over 60 facilities in 14 states | ||
| * Storage space of over 18 million square feet | * Storage space of over 18 million square feet | ||
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| ==Lawsuit== | |||
| In April of 2006, four C&S employees filed a nationwide class action in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit details how C&S, the second-largest wholesale grocery store supplier in the U.S., violates federal and state laws by illegally chopping workers' wages as punishment for mistakes on the job; failing to pay overtime; failing to pay for time worked in excess of 10 hours; failing to pay employees their agreed hourly rates; and encouraging employees to work off-the-clock and through lunch without pay. Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, LLP represented the plantiffs. | |||
| "To make matters worse," explains the lead attorney for the workers, "C&S punishes an entire team of workers for one person's mistake. C&S employees work in 4-8 member 'selection' teams. If one team member makes an error, for example selecting a case of apple juice instead of grape juice, C&S collectively punishes everyone on that team and cuts their pay." | |||
| "C&S is punishing its low-income workers at the same time the company is projecting record revenues of $18 billion this year," said the co-lead counsel in the case. "Meanwhile, the hard-working employee making those profits possible has little choice but to keep quiet about the company's sweatshop practices or lose his job." | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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C&S Wholesale Grocers is a wholesale distributor of food and grocery items. With headquarters in Keene, New Hampshire, C&S is the seventh largest privately held company in the United States, as listed in 2006 by Forbes Magazine.
C&S provides 53,000 food and nonfood items to 5,000 retail locations, including produce, meat, dairy products, delicatessen products, fresh/frozen bakery items, health and beauty aids, candy and tobacco.
C&S customers include Pathmark, Safeway, Giant Food Stores, Shaw's, Stop and Shop, A&P Supermarkets, Big Y Foods, BJ's Warehouse, Great American, SavMart/Foodmax, Demoulas and independent store/supermarket owner/operators.
Additional facts taken from the company's public profile include:
- Sales for 2006 are projected to surpass $20 billion
- Staff of over 20,000 associates
- Since its founding as a single warehouse in Massachusetts, C&S has broadened to over 60 facilities in 14 states
- Storage space of over 18 million square feet
External links
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