Kroger Company – VOXYVOTE

Grocery Store Merger Faces Long Road Before Approval

Consumer advocates, unions and independent grocers are against a deal that would join Kroger and Albertsons, and be lucrative for investors.

For ordinary workers, living paycheck to paycheck, the G.O.P. is AWOL.

For ordinary workers, living paycheck to paycheck, the G.O.P. is AWOL.

Two of the largest U.S. supermarket chains hope to join forces as inflation pushes food prices higher and as Amazon and Walmart become more powerful.

The deal, an effort to bulk up against deep-pocketed rivals Walmart and Amazon, is likely to invite antitrust scrutiny from regulators.