The EEOC brought the October 2023 suit citing the anti-sexual harassment provision in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the agency also cited the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
This is far from the first time that a grocery store chain has been embroiled in discrimination suits. On the disability front, Sprouts Farmers Markets paid $280,000 after allegedly denying deaf applicants accommodations during the job process. Likewise, a handful of grocers have made headlines for allegedly allowing sexual harassment at work, including Safeway, Kroger and Pic-N-Sav.
