Washington state has asked a judge to block a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, arguing the $25 billion deal would harm consumers and raise prices.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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    1 year ago

    If this merger goes through every grocery store within like 20min of me would be either this mega corp or amazon…

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    1 year ago

    Grocery stores have already been jacking up food prices to gouge everyone just because they can. We don’t need a bigger food oligopoly.

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      1 year ago

      Deal started in 2022 but hasn’t wrapped up yet. Was expected to wrap up in early 2024.