Should Krogers and Albertsons Be Allowed To Merge?

[Greenman]

I haven't seen a Ralph's in years, thought they were long gone.

 

[IBMJunkman]

Here in Vegas I have an Albertsons and a Smiths (a Kroger company) a mile from each other. Albertsons is more expensive. If they get bought by Kroger I wonder 2 things.

1. What will happen to prices?
2. Will both stay open?

 

[nakedfrog]

FTC sues to block Kroger, Albertsons merger, arguing deal would raise grocery prices and hurt workers

The FTC, which was joined by a group of attorneys general, argued the $24.6 billion Kroger-Albertsons deal would hurt competition in the grocery industry.

www.cnbc.com

 

[IronWing]

That's regulatory overreach; now I'm for the merger.

 

[manly]

Here in Vegas I have an Albertsons and a Smiths (a Kroger company) a mile from each other. Albertsons is more expensive. If they get bought by Kroger I wonder 2 things.

1. What will happen to prices?
2. Will both stay open?

As mentioned earlier in this thread, consolidation in any industry almost always results in higher prices.
Also mentioned is that the merged company will jettison some of its stores; partly to eliminate redundancies and probably partly to clear regulatory review.

 

[IronWing]

Kroger.

Not Krogers.

No, there is more than one store.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

"Also mentioned is that the merged company will jettison some of its stores; partly to eliminate redundancies ... "

And to reduce service and convenience to the community.

 

[AdamK47]

No, there is more than one store.

Why do we add an 's' to Kroger? We asked an English expert for an explanation

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow added an \

www.cincinnati.com

 

[MrSquished]

Kroger should be allowed to merge with Discover and Albertson's should be allowed to merge with Capital One. That's cool.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Their slogan could be:

Discover Albertson's Kroger One!

 

[nakedfrog]

Kroger should be allowed to merge with Discover and Albertson's should be allowed to merge with Capital One. That's cool.

And then purchased by Disney.

 

[brianmanahan]

Kroger.

Not Krogers.

IMHO it's not a real grocery store if the name doesn't end in 's

kroger's, meijer's, trader joe's, sam's, aldi's, giant eagle's, marc's

these are all appropriate grocery store names

The invisible letter lurking at the end of the grocery store — Curtis Honeycutt

I’ve lived in Indiana for twelve years now, and, prior to that, I was born and raised in Oklahoma. In both places, I couldn’t help but notice the same strange phenomenon when people talked about shopping at grocery stores. For some reason, people tend to add an “s” to the end of the name of the stor

www.curtishoneycutt.com

 

[nakedfrog]

IMHO it's not a real grocery store if the name doesn't end in 's

kroger's, meijer's, trader joe's, sam's, aldi's, giant eagle's, marc's

these are all appropriate grocery store names

The invisible letter lurking at the end of the grocery store — Curtis Honeycutt

I’ve lived in Indiana for twelve years now, and, prior to that, I was born and raised in Oklahoma. In both places, I couldn’t help but notice the same strange phenomenon when people talked about shopping at grocery stores. For some reason, people tend to add an “s” to the end of the name of the stor

www.curtishoneycutt.com

How you gonna do QFC and Safeway like this?

 

[brianmanahan]

How you gonna do QFC and Safeway like this?

safeway's and QFC's

no extra syllables and that nice 's which is a must-have for any grocery store!

my grandpa even called walmart "walmart's", but when he got close to 80 he started calling it "walmark" for a reason which i was never able to determine

 

[nakedfrog]

safeway's and QFC's

no extra syllables and that nice 's which is a must-have for any grocery store!

my grandpa even called walmart "walmart's", but when he got close to 80 he started calling it "walmark" for a reason which i was never able to determine

Whaddya, get paid by the S or something? Are you a sssslithery little ssssnake?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I remember Farmer Jacks, A&Ps, Chathams and Big Ds

 

[brianmanahan]

I remember Farmer Jacks, A&Ps, Chathams and Big Ds

i lived right next to a farmer jack's! it was nice but i usually went to aldi's because i was a broke intern

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I shop at a local "Untermarket" that has basically everything I need from a grocery store but instead of 10 different options for each thing they have one or two good quality options. Great butcher/produce sections as well.

Frankly we should be moving toward smaller markets, not these behemoths that drive ultraprocessed shelf stable crap so their logistics chain makes sense.

 

[MrSquished]

And then purchased by Disney.

Are you trying to make a gay grocery store that only takes one kind of credit card?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Are you trying to make a gay grocery store that only takes one kind of credit card?

-Keep Disney's woke bullshit out of my Corn Flakes!

 

[nakedfrog]

Are you trying to make a gay grocery store that only takes one kind of credit card?

I'm not the one you want, it's the mouse! The mouse is making the kids gay! With their cartoons!

 

[manly]

Following SCROTUS's summer Chevron ruling, Kroger sues the feds.

MarketWatch - Kroger takes aim at FTC’s in-house judges amid Albertsons merger challenge

 

[manly]

Stick a fork in it?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/business/kroger-albertsons-merger-ruling/index.html

 

[nakedfrog]

We can only hope.

 

[BoomerD]

This kind of shit keeps going, we'll all buy our foods from Grocery, Inc, buy our motor vehicles (if we're still allowed to have them) from Cars, Inc, get our electricity from Electricity, Inc, natural gas from Gasco, Inc, etc...one corporation for each category...possibly all owned by the same mega-corp.