That degree of proximity raises questions about a possible monopoly following the merger.
CBS 2's Lauren Victory dug into what this merger might mean for your weekly trip to the store.
If the current competitors became the same company across the street from each other, what happens to one of those stores? If the merger happens, the expectation is that 100 to 375"Spin-Cos" will pop up across the U.S. In areas with an abundance of Kroger-owed and Albertsons-owned properties."Because they have both, more in Chicago than probably other cities, this will most likely be an area where you will see this spun-off company having a bigger presence," said Harry Kraemer, a mergers and acquisitions expert at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Victory asked Kraemer about criticism from organizations like the National Grocers Association that said an Albertsons and Kroger merger would create,"unprecedented dominance over the nation's food supply chain."
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