Save-A-Lot Implodes, Pay Issues Ensue with Yellow Banana LLC. as Consumer Law Comes Into Play

Amidst claims from employees that severance and unused PTO was left unpaid by temporary owner and operator Yellow Banana LLC, Moran Foods LLC allegedly stole fixed merchandise from the location before leaving the lot. Both consumers and workers suffer as private companies make their exits from South Dallas, leaving the area economically worse than when they came.& Dallas Weekly previously reported on Save-A-Lot’s exit from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. back in mid-February. Now, employees are stating that company policy is being circumvented by temporary store owner & operator Yellow Banana LLC and their requests for severance pay have been denied. The tension between employees and Yellow Banana coincides with friction between Save-A-Lot parent company Moran Foods and new building owner Scottie Smith. Dorthy Bisco was an employee of Save-A-Lot for 15 years. As a cashier for the MLK store, she began working at the location on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. when she was 56. “I didn’t get paid severance, I was laid off when Yellow Banana closed the store,” Bisco says, stating she did not get the opportunity to transfer. In lieu of severance, Bisco was offered a ‘Separation Agreement and General Release’ from Yellow Banana LLC. The...