The more than $20 billion deal would allow Kroger to acquire Albertsons. The deal still needs federal regulatory approval.
SEATTLE — It has been more than two weeks since the announcement that Kroger and Albertsons agreed to merge.
The more than $20 billion deal would allow Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer and QFC stores, to acquire Albertsons, which owns Safeway stores. The deal still needs federal regulatory approval.
Faye Guenther is president of United Food and Commercial Workers 3000, a union that represents 26,000 grocery store workers.
“We were surprised by the announcement and came out very quickly in opposition to the merger,”
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