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Would a Kroger-Albertsons merger drive grocery prices up or down? The answer is complicated


Would a Kroger-Albertsons merger drive grocery prices up or down? The answer is complicated

A customer visits Albertsons at 3901 Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles. Kroger plans to acquire Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, but federal regulators are trying to block the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) As grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons push to complete the largest supermarket merger in U.S. […]