Federal regulators are trying to block Kroger’s merger with Albertsons. In a Portland suburb, residents already know what deteriorating access to fresh food looks like.
“One of the issues being litigated before Judge Adrienne Nelson of U.S. District Court is whether Kroger’s plan to sell those stores would create a successful new competitor.”
We don’t have to look further than the last big merger of Safeway and Albertsons. It was the same deal, a percentage of stores had to be sold off to a non-related party Haggen.
Who then filed for bankruptcy 6 months later and reported the stores the aquired from Albertsons had been sabotaged.
“One of the issues being litigated before Judge Adrienne Nelson of U.S. District Court is whether Kroger’s plan to sell those stores would create a successful new competitor.”
We don’t have to look further than the last big merger of Safeway and Albertsons. It was the same deal, a percentage of stores had to be sold off to a non-related party Haggen.
Who then filed for bankruptcy 6 months later and reported the stores the aquired from Albertsons had been sabotaged.
https://www.tastingtable.com/1053572/why-grocery-chain-haggen-once-sued-albertsons/
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/haggen-sues-albertsons-for-1-billion-over-big-grocery-deal/