Katy St. Clair
Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif.
BENICIA â More employees of Raleyâs Supermarkets have come forward with allegations of lax oversight during the pandemic and a culture that does not value the health of employees or customers after a Times-Herald story about a maskless pot luck held at the Benicia store on Christmas Eve.
On Jan.13, employees at the Southampton store in Benicia received a memo that a third employee had been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the Dec. 24 potluck. The corporate arm of Raleyâs sends detailed information in its memos that inform staff of COVID-19 cases, including assertions that it is doing contact tracing, necessary cleaning and disinfecting, and is notifying health authorities.