The insurance industry argues that, if anything, most Americans have too little insurance. More than half of consumers aged 25 to 64 have no life insurance coverage at all, according to Limra, an industry-funded research group.
King Soopers began accepting applications at any King Soopers store between 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. King Soopers is owned by The Kroger Company, which also owns several other grocery store chains. The strike affects all union workers that are part of the UFCW Local 7 in Colorado. The strike could affect all Colorado grocery store chains with union workers.
In the U.S., in addition to Giant, Royal Ahold owns Stop & Shop in New England, Carlisle, Pa.,-based Giant Food Stores and Martin's, and online grocer Peapod. In Europe, it owns Albert Heijn stores. Food Lion and Hannaford are Delhaize's best-known U.S. brands. It operates the Delhaize and Tempo chains overseas.