Ralphs on 3rd / Vermont

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Supermarket chain in the Southern California area and the largest subsidiary of Cincinnati-based Kroger. It is the oldest such chain west of the Mississippi River. Ralphs also operates stores under the Food 4 Less and Foods Co. names in California.

County Vaccination Site: Updated COVID-19 Booster (aka Bivalent / Omicron-Specific Pfizer and Moderna) Available as of September 2022

Ralphs has two locations in Koreatown — this one on the southeast corner of Third Street and Vermont Avenue, the other on Western Avenue, just south of Wilshire Boulevard.

There is a VONS supermarket right across the street — on the northeast corner of 3rd & Vermont.

Last documented sighting of the Pigeon Lady in car with door open in the parking lot was September 2016. A8054

There was a union protest by grocery workers in the parking lot on August 2, 2016 — with lots of placards / paper signs on sticks, as well as camera crews from Spanish-language television stations.

Slogans: Grocery Workers Deserve a Living Wage. Help Grocery Workers #MakeEndsMeet

Oscar Wienermobile in the parking lot on January 11- 30, 2016

Fresh Christmas Trees in December 2012

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