SAN DIEGO -- Grocery strikers had a bounce in their step Friday after they received word that a tentative agreement was reached between the union and supermarkets, 10News reported.

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Members of the seven striking and locked out locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers union will vote on the tentative agreement in meetings throughout Southern California Saturday and Sunday.

Union leaders agreed to fully recommend ratification of the contract to its membership and ratification is expected to end the longest supermarket strike in U.S. history, according to a statement from the chains.

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"We are very pleased to have reached this agreement and at the prospect of seeing our employees return to work," a statement from Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons said. "This labor dispute has been difficult for everyone involved -- our employees, our customers and our companies -- and we look forward to its conclusion."

Details of the agreement will not be released to the public and union officials will not comment on it until all members have had an opportunity to vote on it, the statement said.

Results of the voting will be announced Sunday night, according to the statement.

A signed contract would reach beyond the doors of the stores, 10News reported. Bruce Howard, from Espresso Yourself, said he has served fewer coffees since the strike started 139 days ago.

"We had immediate reductions in sales for October, November (and) December," Howard said. "The more the major draw has, the more we will get into smaller places."

The wait staff at Jimmy's Restaurant has been serving fewer meals since the grocery strike started, 10News reported.

"(The stores) pull in a lot of people all day long, seven days a week. We feed off that," said Roger Harvey, from Jimmy's Restaurant. "I have a lot of people who would eat, shop -- shop and eat -- and that routine's been busted."

Harvey said it will take time to rebuild his business, but everyone is looking forward to getting back to "normal."

"I'm quitting my other job that I've been working, so I can go back to my 'real' job," said Tammy Pinky, a grocery striker.