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Nation wide it might be only 15% but in a town it might mean that all (or at least all non-outlet) grocery stores are now owned by one company
by nightfly 4y ago
Nation wide it might be only 15% but in a town it might mean that all (or at least all non-outlet) grocery stores are now owned by one company
- themadturk 4y agoIn my city we have two Safeways, a Fred Meyer (Kroger), a QFC (Kroger) a Walmart Supercenter, a WinCo, a couple of other smaller grocers, and Costco. Before the Albertsons-Safeway merger we used to have a couple of Albertsons, and even a Haggen. Those are all gone now, not replaced by anything. There's another couple Safeways not far out of town, and another Fred Meyer as well. With this kind of geography, we're likely to lose at least one Safeway (it's literally across the street from Freddy's), and possibly one or another of those not-too-far-away Freddy's and Safeways. It's not exactly going to create a food desert, but real choice will go way down. I already split my shopping between Fred Meyer and Walmart, mostly because of supply concerns between the two.
- gwbrooks 4y agoAgreed. But the policy horse is already out of the barn on that dynamic. See also: Independent bookstores, small/regional general stores, farming, water and electric utilities in many markets, etc.
- loeg 4y agoYeah, including towns like Seattle. Kroger + Albertsons are probably 70% of the market here.