A pioneering chain of health food supermarkets, company Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Market, Inc, allegedly failed to provide employees with required meal and rest breaks. This resulted in an alleged loss of wages for the employees affected.
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action complaint alleging that Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Market, Inc. violated the California Labor Code. The Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Market, Inc. class action lawsuit, Case No. 26STCV18063, is currently pending in the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the State of California. A copy of the Complaint can be read here.
According to the lawsuit filed, Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Market, Inc. allegedly (a) failed to pay minimum wages, (b) failed to pay overtime wages, (c) failed to provide legally required meal and rest periods, (d) failed to provide accurate itemized wage statements, (e) failed to reimburse for required expenses, (f) failed to pay sick wages, and (g) failed to provide wages when due, all in violation of the applicable Labor Code sections listed in California Labor Code Sections 201-203, 226, 226.7, 233, 246, 510, 512, 1194, 1197, 1197.1, 2802, and the applicable Wage Order(s), and thereby gives rise to civil penalties as a result of such alleged conduct.
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