PEMBROKE, N.H. — Small grocery stores in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts are running low on milk, eggs, meat and produce as about 255 drivers and warehouse workers stay on strike at the Associated Grocers Northeast distribution center in Pembroke.

The workers, members of Teamsters Local 633, walked out Nov. 2, according to The Boston Globe. At the heart of the dispute is the company's plan to pull out of the New England Teamsters Pension Fund. The union says AGNE would stop paying into the fund, shift that money to raises and point workers toward private retirement accounts or a 401(k) with no employer match, NHPR reported. The union also says picketers are posted outside the warehouse around the clock.

AGNE President and CEO Michael Violette said in a statement that the company was disappointed the talks had stalled, that its leaders are still at the table and that it has a contingency plan to keep serving stores through the holidays. The Globe reported the company has kept the warehouse running with nonunion and replacement workers and has filled some orders.

Richardson's Market in Portsmouth normally gets 90% of its stock from AGNE and had gone nearly a week without a truck, NHPR reported. An employee said the store had no milk and was almost out of eggs.

In western Massachusetts, the Leverett Village Co-op, the only store for miles, has missed two deliveries and is leaning on local producers that cannot offer cheaper national brands such as Hood milk. "We are definitely struggling with the impacts of the strike," general manager Ken Washburn told the Globe.

Brandy Crowson, who owns Saxtons River Village Market in southern Vermont, lost a weekly delivery and bought English muffins at Market Basket to keep making breakfast sandwiches. "We’re just trying to scrape by as best we can to provide for our customers," she told the Globe. Ron Frey, a co-owner of Cambridge Village Market in northern Vermont, said he has sent employees home unpaid when trucks arrived late or never came.

Not every member is hurting. A spokesperson for the Co-Op Food Stores, which has three Upper Valley locations, said it has seen no disruption.

Matt Cota of the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association said he fears a long strike would cut into Thanksgiving sales. "Don’t give up on your local store," he told the Globe.