A list of planned stores that will be divested by the parent company of Carrs-Safeway includes 18 locations in Alaska.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - of 579 store locations around the country — most of them in the Western United States — that are planned to be divested by the company as part of its merger with the Kroger Company. Kroger is the parent company of Fred Meyer . Albertsons statingpreviously opposed
by Alaska’s delegation, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola voicing their concerns with what could happen if the merger is approved. Requests for comment by Alaska’s News Source to Murkowski and Peltola had not yet been answered as of press time Tuesday afternoon.. “And we see that with every sector but certainly the grocery sector is no different and so that is a real clear threat and I think one we should be speaking to and making sure ... that wages won’t go down, that sick leave, things like that, the benefits that are negotiated, aren’t diminished.
Peltola said she penned a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in August 2023 urging FTC leaders to block the merger. Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan said theyin February of this year, saying the deal would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices for millions of Americans. The companies said a merger would help them better compete with big retailers like Walmart, Costco, and Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, because they would have more power to negotiate prices and could save on distribution and administrative costs.
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