Grocery giant Kroger Co. said March 16 that its associates working at 103 stores in the company's Michigan division have ratified a new labor agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876.

Jayne Homco, president of Kroger's Michigan division, said in a statement that the new contract provides wage hikes, affordable health care and ongoing investment in their employees' pension fund.

The agreement covers over 15,000 associates working in Southeastern Michigan.