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On Friday September 18th UFCW Local 1500 hosted its first-ever "Local 1500 Bingo Night"
Check out The Advocate Fall 2026 edition, and keep up with your latest union news. You can view photos of our ShopRite Proposal Meetings on Page 5, view our upcoming events on Page 6, and see our Shop Steward Seminar event on pages 8 & 9.
Thank you to everyone for making our summer annual blood drive a success. Here a few photos captured during the event. #UFCW1500BloodDrive2026
UFCW Local 1500 acknowledges today's announcement that Giunta's Meat Farms has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the assets, stock, and liabilities of the King Kullen Grocery Co., including, but not limited to its 24 King Kullen supermarkets, existing pharmacies within, and 4 Wild by Nature natural food stores. We have been told the transaction is expected ...
On July 15th, 2026 we held a breakfast and ceremony to congratulate all of this year’s UFCW Local 1500 Scholarship Winners. Congratulations to our 2026 UFCW Local 1500 Scholarship winners.
Beginning July 1, UFCW Local 1500 members covered by the Anthem Full-Time, Special Part-Time, and ACA Part-Time Welfare Plans will transition their prescription drug coverage from Express Scripts/Evernorth to Prime Therapeutics.

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