Seattle

1638 readers

8 users here now

A community for news and discussion of Seattle, Washington and the surrounding area

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

steelrat

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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/seattle

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Non-paywalled link: https://archive.ph/YKl7C

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:

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] reddig33 22 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The full list for those of us that don't live in Seattle proper:
https://assets.website-files.com/63128e32f4c52f8fbaea44ef/668d4f8e506219a28cf72800_Planned%20Divestiture%20Locations.pdf