Premier Floor Care, Inc. v. Albertsons Companies, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PREMIER FLOOR CARE, INC., Case No. 21-cv-04188-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES

ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants. Docket No.

12 13 In 2021, Plaintiff Premier Floor Care, Inc. filed suit against Defendants Albertson Companies, Inc. and Safeway, Inc. (collectively, “Safeway”). For many years, Safeway had hired Premier to clean the floors in certain stores in Northern California. However, in early 2018, Safeway terminated its relationship with Premier. According to Premier, Safeway terminated the relationship based on pressure from a local union who wanted Safeway to use a different vendor instead – a company known as King. (Both Premier and King have unionized employees.) In July 2024, the Court granted Safeway’s motion for summary judgment and thereby dismissed all of Premier’s claims. See Docket No. 82 (order). Now pending before the…