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The Smith’s Food & Drug corporate office in Salt Lake City provided a statement but did not respond to any questions from The New Mexican. “If we’ve been informed by public health officials that an associate has tested positive for COVID-19, we work closely with state and local health experts, follow all sanitation and cleaning procedures, communicate with and support our store team, and with the support of the state officials, work to keep our stores clean, stocked and open,” Smith’s corporate affairs manager Aubriana Martindale wrote in a statement. “We will continue to follow guidance from local, state and federal agencies, including the CDC and other health organizations.” Albuquerque-based United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1564 President Greg Frazier estimates about 50 union members working at New Mexico grocery stores have tested positive for COVID-19. “The employees [at the Smith’s on Cerrillos] and us are a little frustrated,” Frazier said. “The company does not share that information [about confirmed cases] as readily or as quickly as they should. The employees are also upset because they usually learn about it from another source like social media.” Frazier said the union gives every member who tests positive for COVID-19 a $150 gift card. “We continue to push that employers bring back hero and hazard pay,” he said. Kroger Co., the nation’s largest grocer and parent company of Smith’s, gave employees $2 per hour “hero pay” at the beginning of April but discontinued the incentive in mid-May. Albertsons offered $2 per hour “appreciation pay” from March 15 to June 13. “I feel like conditions are dangerous and employers should go back and continue hazard pay,” Frazier said. The Market Street store at 600 N. Guadalupe St. reported a single case Sunday. That employee had not been to work since Aug. 19, said Nancy Sharp, spokeswoman for Lubbock-based United Family, which operates Market Street and the 28 Albertsons Market stores in New Mexico.
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