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Kroger unveils AI-powered automatic price gouger. (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] Xenny 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Kroger stores used to be my go to because they were cheaper than Safeway. But Jesus Christ they are working together or something now because it's all the same exact pricing.

Now It's WinCo and trader Joe's all the way for me.

[–] Raiderkev 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I got news for ya bud... Kroger is Safeway now. They bought em in 2022.

[–] Xenny 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey government. Breaking up Google is cool n all but grocery stores next please?

[–] Tikiporch 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I was curious so I looked it up. It's actually not that bad as far as ownership goes, but so many are regional.

Edit: also, this merger is still pending? And the FTC is seeking to block it?

[–] spongebue 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They're still working on it. A few states' attorneys general are suing to stop it while Krogway try to make some "totes not a monopoly" changes. Here in Colorado that means selling off some stores.

[–] Raiderkev 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they will stop this one. They let Cedar Fair / 6 flags go through despite them having basically 0 competition. They basically found like 2 parks they didn't own n said see? We have competition. Surely parks will close, land will be sold, and prices will go up as a result of this merger. Krogway just has to say look, wmt and tgt exist so it's fine, and they will rubber stamp it.

[–] spongebue 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe, maybe not. If we're going to bring totally unrelated industries into the mix, Spirit and JetBlue airlines had their merger blocked. Airlines and grocery stores have a bigger public interest in not having monopolies than theme parks, which often have arguable monopolies in many places already if a major city only has one theme park.

More importantly, you said that they're already the same company. That is definitely not the case at this point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trader Joe’s is great except for produce and union busting

[–] Mirshe 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the fact that they steal recipes from small businesses and rebrand them.

Don't take my word for it, here's a decent piece on the subject from Taste.

https://tastecooking.com/we-need-to-talk-about-trader-joes/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing this article. I didn’t know about the bad faith colonial mindset rip-off of small business ideas and recipes. I know there’s no ethical consumption in capitalism but k owing this will give me further pause when deciding to shop there in the future.

[–] Xenny 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Might as well stop eating most fast food too. All the he major chains backstabbed and stole their ideas too.

[–] Etterra 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't Kroger own other branded stores too? I just can't remember which ones.

[–] occhionaut 1 points 4 months ago

Fuckloads. Lots of local big names get bought out all over the US.