Kroger, Albertsons to merge into amazingly mediocre grocery store

The Sandbox General
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Cleanup on aisle 5

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don’t got either in my hood

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Good title. I have nothing to add. I guess I should theoretically be cheering the hometown team, but meh.

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My preferred store is a local, independent grocer. There can’t be many left. We also have one of I think just a couple dozen independent department stores in the US. It’s a weird city.

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I tend to go to Trader Joe’s or Publix when I’m in 'Murica.

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It is entirely possible that there is a grocery store near you that is owned by either Albertsons or Kroger.

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City Market, King Soopers, Kroger . . . all the same chain.

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Albertsons also does business as Acme Markets, Amigos, Andronicos, Balduccis, Carrs, Haggen, Jewel-Osco, Kings Food, Lucky, Market Street, Pak n Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Shaws, Star Market, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, and Vons.

Krogers also does business as Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Frys, Harris Teeter, Home Chef, King Soopers, Marianos, QFC, Ralphs, Roundys, Ruler Foods, and Smiths…plus a few non-grocery businesses.

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As a matter of fact, there is! Didn’t know that till I googled

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Yup, damn didn’t know Kroger and Albertsons owned everything

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I thought there were monopoly rules, or is that just a bored game?

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Go Howard E. Butts go!

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Per FoodIndustry.Com, the top 10 grocery items sales by revenue are-

  1. Walmart - $467B
  2. Amazon/Whole Foods - $239B
  3. Costco - $141B
  4. Kroger - $137B
  5. Albertsons - $71B
  6. Food Lion - $54B
  7. Publix - $48B
  8. H-E-B - $34B
  9. Meijer - $25B
  10. Target - $21B

So the merger would move the pair up from 4/5 to 3.

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dafuq is Meijer

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It’s a chain in Michigan and prolly other parts. I stopped into one once on a road trip.

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Oh I forgot about those.

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A bigger chain than Target? Who knew

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$239B for Whole Foods? That’s what, five thousand customers at the prices they charge?

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wholefoods is pretty cheap now. Maybe just slightly more expensive than the other ones, and since most of their stuff is organic people are willing to pay for the price.

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Maybe I will try them again. Haven’t been in a couple of years.

We have Hy-Vee here, which has some nice products but they run about 20-30% more than my local place.