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Alongside with the marketing principles and in proper conduct with all the necessary mechanisms, this paper deals with the public and labour relations developed in the context of multiple supermarket chains in the city of Athens. The bibliographic research conducted, aimed in a deeper understanding of the concept, philosophy and nature of Public Relations as well as the approximation of the concepts that are directly related to it. At the end of the first part, the communication mechanisms developed in groups of people such as between the supermarket’s workforce and the supermarket’s consumers, were identified and analyzed for both cases. In the following section there is a presentation for the major supermarket chains operating in Greece as well as the same presentation with reference to those that operate in Athens. Following this, there is a section where the current situation of those enterprises in the region is presented and the consumer characteristics are clarified. The last part of this paper is about the research that was conducted in order to ascertain the views of workers on both Public and Labour relations developed in such enterprises. Finally, the results of this research are reported, resulting in associated conclusions and recommendations.