#046: American supermarkets in the age of COVID display the utmost contempt for their employees AND their customers. A fifty cent fee for cash back, union-busting self check-out kiosks, long lines at understaffed registers where underpaid employees risk exposure - the list of insults is endless. In this episode we tour a Seattle Safeway store, praise their union (UFCW21), and explain why 80% of food products on supermarket shelves could be considered junk food.