SIAP: Kroger-Albertsons merger
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Trying for Nashville and Indianapolis too but those plans are on hold for the time being.
Albertsons has Safeway, Osco/Jewel and many other brands throughout the county. It's a very large company and this merger makes Kroger huge.
Maybe. I could see them being forced to sell off some stores in some markets.
I don’t see how anti trust issues come into play on this. This will not impact consumers negatively as it is such a price sensitive and highly competitive industry
Kroger also has Fry’s which has about 130 stores in AZ. I think HyVee could be a takeover target at some point even though they aren’t publicly traded.
There are areas where Albertsons/Safeway and Kroger are the only options. Here in Dallas, for me to go to any other standard grocery store, it's pretty far out of the way. Yeah, I can go to Whole Foods or Central Market, but I can't get 7 Up or Tide or batteries or Windex or Jif etc. at those places.
I live in Addison so I can get to Frisco easily enough to go to HEB, but that's still 30 miles round trip up the toll way.
The Safeways here are called Tom Thumb, and for the most part, they're better than Kroger. If HEB wasn't 16 miles up the toll way, I would go there because their in-store brands are generally of higher quality and prices are comparable.
As for Target and Walmart, they are dirty and don't have the quality of choices I'm looking for. Their produce is ready for the bin.
Have family in Georgetown Texas area. Love the HEB stores. Good products at reasonable cost from what I’ve seen.
Kroger is a terrible employer, according to people around here.
My market went from a local chain Sessles, to Albertsons, to Schnucks, to Kroger.
All the same shit under different labels for the consumer I say
My market went from a local chain Sessles, to Albertsons, to Schnucks, to Kroger.
All the same shit under different labels for the consumer I say
When I'm in Colorado, I have to shop at King Soopers, which is a Kroger derivative. It isn't very good. The produce is subpar at best. There's a Safeway nearby, but it was recently converted from an Albertsons and it's a mess. Every time I'm in there, I find something on the shelf that's moldy. I can get to a Whole Foods, but it's 10 miles away and I have to deal with I-25 insanity. Sprouts has better produce, but it's harder to get to and I hate the parking lot.
Walmart controls 22 % of the grocery market in U.S.
In second place would be the merger of Kroger and
Albertsons at 13%.
Kroger has 2,800 stores in 35 states
Albertsons has 2,293 stores in 34 states
HyVee has 285 stores in 8 states which makes them
small pickings in the big picture.
In second place would be the merger of Kroger and
Albertsons at 13%.
Kroger has 2,800 stores in 35 states
Albertsons has 2,293 stores in 34 states
HyVee has 285 stores in 8 states which makes them
small pickings in the big picture.
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In some locations you can get it within 2 hours. Still, the point is there is ample competition.
I end up going to my little small town store a lot out of convenience. If Fareway would adopt re-usable containers I would use them for pickup.
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