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CHICAGO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Arizona union workers have reached a tentative agreement with grocers Kroger Co and Safeway Inc, averting a potential strike, Kroger said on Friday. The tentative pact, reached late on Thursday night, is set to be submitted to members with the union's recommendation that it be approved, Kroger said. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 and the companies agreed to extend their existing contract pending the outcome of that vote, Kroger said. Some 25,000 union workers had been preparing for a Friday evening strike deadline if a contract agreement was not reached. Nearly 250 stores, including Kroger's Fry's Food Stores and Smith's chains, are set to keep operating as normal. Kroger said details of the agreement are not being released until the union can present the settlement to its members. (Reporting by Jessica Wohl, editing by Dave Zimmerman) ((jessica.wohl@thomsonreuters.com +1 312 408 8132; Reuters Messaging: jessica.wohl.reuters.com@reuters.net;)) Keywords: GROCERS/ (See http://blogs.reuters.com/shop-talk/ for Shop Talk -- Reuters' retail and consumer blog.) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
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