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Company: Ralphs Grocery Company
Current Parent Company: Kroger
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Penalty: $70,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: November 14, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: fraud
Secondary Offense: labor relations violation
Violation Description: Ralphs Grocery Company paid $70 million in criminal fines and compensation for workers, their health benefit and pension funds, and their unions, after pleading guilty to several criminal charges for illegally rehiring hundreds of locked-out union members during the 2003-2004 grocery store labor dispute.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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