Peapod Workers’ New Contract Means More Green

Workers at Peapod, Giant Food’s grocery delivery service, unanimously ratified a new contract June 27 that will raise their starting salaries from $8.75 an hour to $12 an hour, a United Food and Commercial Workers spokesman told Bloomberg BNA June 28.

The new pay scale will start at $12 an hour and can go up to $14.50 an hour, spokesman Jonathan Williams said. The new salaries will take effect at the Hanover, Md., facility once Peapod officially signs the contract.

Representatives from Peapod didn’t reply to requests for comment.

More than 200 workers will be covered by the agreement, which ...