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Kroger to sell 27 Seattle QFC & Safeway stores to get Albertsons deal approved (www.bizjournals.com)

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Kroger Co. has identified the 579 stores (across the US) it plans to sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers (aka Piggly Wiggly and Grand Union) in an effort to get antitrust regulators’ approval for its $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos.

The deal would cover 124 stores across Washington state, including the following 27 stores in Seattle:

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

This deal shouldn’t be approved. At all. We need more competition, not less.