With a strike looming in less than 24 hours late Thursday evening, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 reached a tentative settlement on a new contract with Safeway, Inc. and the Kroger Company, which owns Fry’s Food Stores.

“There will be no work stoppage and all stores will continue to operate as normal,” said representatives of Local 99 and the grocery chains in a joint statement issued Friday morning.

Local 99 had called for a strike at 6 p.m. Nov. 13. Now it will submit the tentative collective bargaining agreement to its Safeway and Fry’s members, according to the joint statement. The union will not release any details until its members have a chance to review and vote on the contract.