Anecdotally, there areas of my town (and adjacent towns) with a Kroger-owned store across the street from an Albertson's-owned store. I expect this merger will

Anecdotally, there areas of my town (and adjacent towns) with a Kroger-owned store across the street from an Albertson's-owned store. I expect this merger will quickly result in the overlapping stores to be closed, those jobs to be lost and for the large empty retail space to negatively impact other adjacent businesses. This merger feels like it'll be bad for consumers and bad for the local economy of markets with overlap.