Just shop at Fred Meyer.....oh wait, that's Kroger too...

@Brysonaquatics

17 күн бұрын

@@ChaseComstock-mn8li Costco, winco?

For once I agree with an antitrust suit by the gov. Don't let this one go through.

Hopefully they stop the staggering THEFT.

@wizkaqueefa9003

18 күн бұрын

THEY ARE THE THIEVES!

ALBERTSONS BOUGHT SAFEWAY TEN YEARS AGO!! SO THIS IS TECHNICALLY A SECOND MERGER!!

@SeattleBoatdog

18 күн бұрын

Exactly … it’s a pure consolidation

Lina Khan and the FTC needs to vote against this merger.

@chellepeterson9719

18 күн бұрын

The FTC has an active lawsuit against the merger.

That’s the problem in this country to many companies getting to big for their britches

@SpotTheBorgCat

18 күн бұрын

I thought our country was against monopolies.

@andrelockridge9109

18 күн бұрын

Then President Clinton forgot about it! Remember Clinton one of the masterminds behind the great recession! Championed too big too fail!

People act like Costco and winco don’t exist

@user2489-amnoob

17 күн бұрын

Costco is better

There is a lot of misinformation in this report. Walmart is the largest grocery retailer in the nation with 25% of the market. Costco is second with 7%. The combination of Kroger and Albertsons would amount to no more than 11% to 15% of the nation's grocery sales.

@SamuraiG

18 күн бұрын

@@NanuqoftheNorth it's more like 80% in the PNW.

Corner the market = Price increases. Bad idea.

@brianmyers4444

18 күн бұрын

No one is cornering the market…..still plenty of competition….

@SeattleBoatdog

18 күн бұрын

Really who would that be?

@michaelrains64295

18 күн бұрын

@@SeattleBoatdog all the local/regional stores that you apparently ignore.

After a merger is done a new owner then decides which stores are profitable vs not! Before merger tell public what they want to hear!

Private Equity a cancer!

Hard to do business in a sh!thole

@chellepeterson9719

18 күн бұрын

The two companies own stores across the entire country.

@jasonohara5968

18 күн бұрын

Seattle's one of the top cities lol

I work at one of these stores and we were told strictly and specifically not to talk to the media ….

hum. $25 an hour is too much for the bottom line... move along.

Lidl is supposed to buy some of the locations also.

I don’t like the high prices at Safeways why shop there when you can go to Winco and get the same products for 40% cheaper!

Wait a minute, so companies are still allowed to balance their books after increased labor expenditures?

@chair6180

18 күн бұрын

Bruh, it is about growth as in expansion, making more than previous years. Not balancing books.

@uoohknk6881

18 күн бұрын

@@chair6180 Oh, ok. So in your wokey wokey school they taught you that people build a profitable company after working all their life and simply hand it off to competitors to run? I assume all the restaurants are closing because of greed huh?

@chair6180

18 күн бұрын

@@uoohknk6881 dude, you can't even hide your bias, and preferred beliefs. I am just telling you how the financial market works. I didn't say the merger is good or bad in the context of your previous statement. And yes, I am educated. I envy your ability to make various phenomena simple.

@uoohknk6881

18 күн бұрын

@@chair6180 Actually, it is common knowledge that record high inflation and a decrease in SNAP benefits have reduced margins in the grocery sector. Kroger is a public company therefore they would only merge if it meant larger profits, which by default it does not (see AOL Time Warner). It does eliminate destructive competitive practices. Look at Airlines, Automotive, and Groceries, all are very cut throat markets with extremely high uncontrollable labor costs. These are the companies who tend to merge. The bigger question is why is the FTC so powerless to stop consolidation?

Remember the T-Mobile & Sprint merger: no layoff and closures... immediately.

@user2489-amnoob

17 күн бұрын

Well then Safeway is cooked

why do Seattle people care so much about which corp they shoplift from?

I hope they get rid of the unions and lumpers.

Having a few Piggly Wiggly stores would be more variety than what we have now

@FlintYeastwood

18 күн бұрын

There won’t be any Piggly Wiggly stores. The company that owns Piggly Wiggly, C&S Wholesale is buying most of the QFC and Safeway stores and the name rights. Presumably, QFC and Safeway will retain there names just with new owners.

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

@@FlintYeastwood I don't know where you get that information. Nothing says Safeway is changing its name

@FlintYeastwood

18 күн бұрын

@@gizzyguzzi I never said Safeway is changing its name. Did you read my comment? New owners, same store names!

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

@@FlintYeastwood yes. Doesn't make sense. They don't say the left remaining stores with be renamed.

@FlintYeastwood

18 күн бұрын

@@gizzyguzzi Are you ok? Your comment makes no sense and filled with errors. My comment is fairly straightforward to understand. If my simple comment is confusing you. I can only assume you’re mentally impaired. Drugs or alcohol perhaps? Get help. But once again, C&S Wholesale is potentially buying QFC and Safeway. This includes most of the stores and their names. Meaning, that while under new ownership both QFC and Safeway will keep their respective names. No name change! Got it?

qfc is expensive so is safeway

vote with your dollars. shop elsewhere if you don't approve. businesses wont stay open for long without paying customers.

Well there are other stores, that's all!! And I can go there!

Talk about a monopoly.. The rich get richer

Hey Kroger, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

If you do all your shopping at one store, you don’t do adulting right!

@GH-oi2jf

18 күн бұрын

With this merger, you will be shopping at one store, in effect, where previously you had a choice of two.

@Brysonaquatics

18 күн бұрын

@@GH-oi2jf WinCo!

@Brysonaquatics

17 күн бұрын

@@GH-oi2jf WinCo, Costco

thats bad

Shop at winco

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

Winco is grubby

@CKLee-rs4kl

18 күн бұрын

they suck, too.

@krisniznik3953

18 күн бұрын

@@gizzyguzzi They don't play games with "savings" cards, and the price on the shelf is the price on the receipt. It's usually cheaper too.

WinCo?!

@chellepeterson9719

18 күн бұрын

If you are lucky enough to have one. The closest one to me is an hour round trip.

Going dn hill what happened to Dominick close them all dn

I beat money no more then one black person works there. I used to live across the street

@AD-ln2xu

18 күн бұрын

who cares

@206beastman

18 күн бұрын

@@AD-ln2xu exactly

Capitalism

It makes sense to close stores in Washington. It’s not corporate greed - it is the need to produce income as a business. You can’t do that when you have to deal with the rampant shoplifting and crime in Washington, minimum wage laws, and the ridiculous union demands.

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

The stores being sold (or closed) around here don't suffer from a lot of theft. I don't think. But 20 dollar an hour minimum wage might.

@chellepeterson9719

18 күн бұрын

​@@gizzyguzziWA state minimum wage is $16.28.

@chellepeterson9719

18 күн бұрын

The majority of the stores being sold in WA are in small towns not big cities.

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

@@chellepeterson9719 and no one will work even at McDonald's for under 20. Noone at union shops like Safeway are working for minimum wage

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

@@chellepeterson9719 many cities are higher. McDonald's still can't get anyone at $20. Safeway doesn't pay minimum

This country is going to hell.....soon we will all be homeless. Washington has the highest food and gas prices. Corporate greed is out of hand.

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

It's Washington government regulation that's out of hand, causing the things you mention

@billmM3605

18 күн бұрын

If it's corporate greed, then why aren't the rest of the states food and gas prices as high as they are in Washington? Your words, not mine.

@darrell9313

18 күн бұрын

Food and gas prices are because of the leftist progressive government in WA,, the need as a a cooperation to make a profit to survive is secondary to that..

@gizzyguzzi

18 күн бұрын

@@billmM3605 true. prices are much lower if you get away from the left coast.

starvation nation.